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Construction Building Positive Signs Of Improvement
The magnitude of the growth in construction over the last two months has been exemplified by contract awards in July 2020 worth £6.3 billion which...
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GGF Welcomes Plans To Boost Construction
New measures to help the construction industry boost building and return to work safely were scheduled in a Bill before Parliament on 29 June.
Planning permission deadlines will be extended, planning appeals will be sped up - and building sites will be allowed more flexible and longer working hours - up to 24-hours if there are no 'neighbours' around to be inconvenienced and up to 9:00pm Monday to Friday for others.
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Call to drop VAT
On the changes John Agnew, GGF Managing Director commented: “We welcome these new measures to accelerate work and ensure the health and safety of workers and customers. This a big step in the right direction for construction but the GGF will continue to push Government for more consumer incentives such as reducing the VAT on installations, to boost the home improvement market.”
Planning permission
Planning permission usually expires after three years if work has not started onsite. Sites with consent that have an expiry date between the start of lockdown and the end of this year will now see their consent extended to 1 April 2021. This will prevent work that has been temporarily disrupted by the pandemic from stopping altogether.
The government estimates that by the end of this month alone, more than 400 residential permissions providing more than 24,000 new homes would have expired. The new measures will help these developments and more resume as the economy recovers.
Longer site hours
More flexible construction site working hours up until at least April 2021, will also make it easier for construction works to follow public health guidance onsite and by staggering builders’ arrival times. Also public transport will be less busy and the risk of infection will be reduced.
Picture: Housing Minister, Robert-Jenrick MP, who has pushed for changes that will help boost construction.
Article written by Cathryn Ellis
29th June 2020