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<p>The Housing Standards Review has clearly established the Government’s policy to
rationalise and simplify the many overlapping and confusing technical housing standards
currently in operation. The Review will enable quality and sustainable housing developments
to be brought forward more easily but without compromising essential safety and accessibility
protections. The outcome of the Review also means that a number of the requirements
of the Code for Sustainable Homes will be consolidated into the Building Regulations,
which would require substantial changes to the content of the current Code, as well
as reconsideration of its role. So in the light of this, the Government stated in
the recent technical consultation that the current Code will be wound down to coincide
with the changes incorporating the new standards coming into force, early in the new
year. The consultation also set out proposals on the transitional arrangements, and
for the handling of legacy developments being built out to current Code requirements.</p><p>
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