Hi Andrew. Thanks for that. I wanted to go to that meeting but wasn’t able to so would be interested to hear if anyone made it along.
As well as Local Planning Policy, at our last meetup we also started to discuss the upcoming changes to Part L of the building regs. You might not yet have seen that the Govt. have just released their consultation on this (and part F) FOR NEW BUILD HOMES, here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-homes-standard-changes-to-part-l-and-part-f-of-the-building-regulations-for-new-dwellings
Clearly this is much better dealt with at a National level and by building regs not planning (because of building regs inspections & sign off). Haven’t had a chance to read it yet but we have until 10th of Jan to respond.
Lots for us to discuss when we next meet (7pm, October 22nd @ the Alex pub, Cambridge).
Cheers, Olly