Description

From firing up requirements for thermal insulation to cooling down prospects for building on prime farm land, plenty of building rules have been updated or introduced in the last year with more to come in 2023.

Changes to building legislation in 2022 are wide reaching and include Building Code updates, RMA changes, new highly productive land rules and climate change regulations. Here’s an overview of what’s happened and a preview of what’s to come.

Scope

This article includes:

• Housing intensification
• Off-site construction and building product information
• Unit owners better protected
• Brakes applied to building on farmland
• Building Code updates
• Standards
• On the horizon
• Building for climate change
• More climate change proposals