The New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) has launched a consultation on the New Homes Quality Code.

The consultation will allow everyone including housebuilders, buyers of new homes, the wider industry and policymakers, to review the proposed changes to the code and offer their feedback, along with any additional recommendations they may have.

Around 54% of all new homes currently being built in England, Scotland and Wales are already protected by the code.

This means that the buyers of these new homes have an independent route for redress through the New Homes Ombudsman Service.

The NHQB introduced the New Homes Quality Code in 2022 and committed to having the code regularly reviewed by an independent council, with an in depth review every third year.

Feedback on the proposed changes can be made until 4 November.

The Independent Code Council chair Lewis Shand Smith says: “We started by asking for feedback from stakeholders on the existing Code and on areas that are not, but perhaps should be, included. That produced a list of issues which we considered in depth and on which, where necessary, we took advice. From there we decided on proposed changes that are the basis for our consultation.”