{"id":858,"date":"2009-11-27T11:18:53","date_gmt":"2009-11-27T11:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=858"},"modified":"2010-03-24T11:19:15","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T11:19:15","slug":"building-control-devolves-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=858","title":{"rendered":"Building Control devolves in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A constitutional move has been made that  brings the devolution of building regulations to Wales a step closer.<\/p>\n<p>An  Order in Council has been approved by the Queen which transfers powers  to make Building Regulations for buildings in Wales to Welsh Ministers  with effect from 31 December 2011. The order laid before Parliament in  July was approved by committees of both Houses of Parliament. \u00a0Devolving  Building Regulations to Wales opens the way for the Welsh Assembly  Government to change the way new buildings are built, making them more  energy efficient and sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>Environment Minister Jane  Davidson said: \u201cWe will consult fully on any proposed changes to  building regulations, including an assessment of the costs and benefits  and the impact on other policy commitments.\u201d<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/www.planningportal.gov.uk\/england\/professionals\/news\/archive\/2009\/nov09\/2009-11-week-3\/191109_6\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planningportal.gov.uk\/england\/professionals\/news\/archive\/2009\/nov09\/2009-11-week-3\/191109_6\">Link  to Planning Portal News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A constitutional move has been made that brings the devolution of building regulations to Wales a step closer. An Order in Council has been approved by the Queen which transfers powers to make Building Regulations for buildings in Wales to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=858\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions\/859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}