A few backlogs as a regulator attempts to build a department and performance from scratch in consquence of the Grenfell enquiry appears to be too slow for HM Governments desire to rapidly improve the availability of housing.

They are noew seeking to cut through the red tape perceived to be delaying "approvals" by creating another "arms length" regulator.

Wasn't it removal of the red tape and a switch to marking ones own homework over the preceding decades that resulted in Grenfell in the first place?

Of course as an arms length organisation it won't be political expediency at fault.

As to the question - anyone seen the necessary changes to legislation which will accommodate this move?

Originally Posted by: Roundtuit

Wasn't it removal of the red tape and a switch to marking ones own homework over the preceding decades that resulted in Grenfell in the first place?

That is NOT how I would put it!

When a company willfully & criminally (IMHO) alter/hides  test samples to trick the testing house - all so they can sell non compliant materials to be used on tall buildings when they shouldn't have been- that is the main reason the fire spread and killed like it did OK there were many secondary factors, but lets not let this criminal act off the hook as that is what they would want I was in the fire service and had Grenfell on my ground. We attended a fore that was out of the window prior to the cladding being installed. The resulting scarring of the wall was visible for weeks before repairs were made. It did not spread laterally  So with all respect Roundtuit, lets not use phrases such as 'marking your own homework' as it doesnt adequately describe the ignorant, negligent and beyond selfish hunger for profit that was laid bare during the Inquiry 

Originally Posted by: Messey

so they can sell non compliant materials to be used on tall buildings when they shouldn't have been

Non-compliant is quite a stretch.

The Building Regulations Approved Document B on external walling components of High Rise / High Risk buildings was only altered to EN 13501-1 Non-Combustible / Limited Combustibility in December 2022.

Some manufacturers have been found to have garnered the system of testing at Grenfell but at the end of the day HM Gov sets the rules and chooses, or otherwise, how those rules are policed. It would appear taking time to do things correctly is not the model they wish to follow.