Promise Homepacks has confirmed it will go ahead with the launch of Home Information Packs (HIPs) from 1 June, despite the government's decision to delay official implementation until 1 August.
In a statement to the House of Commons yesterday Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, announced the delay following the launch of a Judicial Review last week by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). She revealed an order handed out by the judge last Wednesday meant Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) would have to be removed from HIPs “for the time being”. As a result, Kelly says the government and RICS had resolved a way forward, which involves the phasing in of HIPs from the 1 August for four bedroom homes, and larger houses, before in...
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