What's happening regards the amendment of part P in Wales?

Andy

Is it likely to be different to England then Andy? The present part P covers England and Wales,

Dave.

I don't think they are changing it and it will stay as it is.

Andy

Go to the planning portal and use the tab in the top right corner to switch between the Welsh and English sites.

Andy

As far as I know the amendment of Part P will only apply in England; until such time as the Welsh Government decide otherwise.

There are already differences in Building Regs in Wales, ie sprinklers in new build homes from September 2013.

Re Part P, it will be interesting here in east Flintshire (Wales) where we have 01244 telephone numbers and CH post codes which already confuse UK Government departments into thinking that we are in England. The local airfield - Hawarden/EGNR - is sometimes described as Chester. Even the BBC think that Airbus make their wings for the A380 and smaller, in England; whereas the Broughton factory is in Wales (same site as the airfield in fact).

Cheers!

Clive

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Clive S Carver GCGI IEng MIET

Will the sprinklers include automatic shut down of electrics or will all accessories need to be suitably IP rated?

So in the short term possibly separate requirements for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales effectively four schemes in operation?

Andy

leave us Scot's out of your part P talk and discussion please. :-)

You can shove your part p and 5 day wonders

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Dougie
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My mission is to live as long as possible......so far so good!

I'd expect a man with the "Welsh Dragon" as his avatar to be able to comment on this topic providing a insight into what is happening in Wales regards part P, if anything.

Regards Andy

At a luncheon towards the end of 2012 it was announced that although the consultations and implementation of Part P 2013 only related to England the Welsh Assembly felt it was more cost effective to adopt the similar options and follow the UK standards that were already in place as this was seen as an ideal model.

As far as sprinklers are concerned this is still an ongoing issue between the assembly and the developers who are threatening to move their business to England, the issues of water pressure, stored water, two water meters and the high maintenance costs to the consumer are still going on.

I think we can safely say that having differing standards to those in England will not be welcomed. I suspect that there is a very real risk that the increased capital costs associated with these (and other) policies may make building projects in Wales less attractive to developers from a financial perspective. I would expect that this will reduce the number of new building developments that take place, particularly in those areas of Wales where building projects are already at the margin of viability. Whilst I can understand the political attractiveness behind the devolution of power the last thing the construction industry needs at the moment is varying standards across its borders.

regards

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Edited: 02 March 2013 at 08:46 PM by rocknroll

Interesting reply
i did in fact have communication with John Griffiths who is the minister responsible in Wales
I was sent a reply that suggested that changes in England would only be monitored

There is unlikely to be any change in building regs Part P in Wales until changes made in England are reviewed,consultation with interested parties are carried out and any decision made referred to the assembly for discussion

The Welsh assembly does not expect that any priority will be given
to review of part p
Our priority at this time is fire safety and the possible introduction of sprinkler systems for new builds

When these issues have been addressed,then changes made in England will be reviewed by the Welsh government,any interested parties will have opportunity to give opinion before any modifications of building regulations are to take place

10 years minimum I would suggest

Effectively nothing is happening Andy - WAG is monitoring what's happen across the bridge and are likley to keep "same - same" as England.

Part B and Part L are likely to alter in the sense of additional rather than different requirements.

Regards

OMS

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