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  • Fire safety: Approved Document B

    Building regulation in England covering fire safety matters within and around buildings.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M

    Building regulation in England to ensure that people are able to access and use buildings and their facilities.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Permitted development rights for householders: technical guidance

    Guidance on householder permitted development rights, which allow improvement and extension of homes without the need to make a planning application.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Conservation of fuel and power: Approved Document L

    Building regulation in England setting standards for the energy performance of new and existing buildings.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Biodiversity net gain

    Planning practice guidance on biodiversity net gain. Biodiversity net gain is a way of creating and improving biodiversity by requiring development to have a positive impact (‘net gain’) on biodiversity.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Protection from falling, collision and impact: Approved Document K

    Building regulation in England covering the buildings users protection from falling, collision and impact in and around the building.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas

    Explains the legislation governing Tree Preservation Orders and tree protection in conservation areas.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • When is permission required?

    Sets out when planning permission is required and different types of planning permission which may be granted.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Biodiversity net gain: exempt developments

    A guide to the types of development that will be exempt from the mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Statutory biodiversity metric tools and guides

    Tools and guides for measuring the biodiversity value of habitat for biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Understanding biodiversity net gain

    Guidance on what BNG is and how it affects land managers, developers and local planning authorities.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Ventilation: Approved Document F

    Building regulation in England for the ventilation requirements to maintain indoor air quality.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Enforcement and post-permission matters

    Responding to suspected breaches of planning control.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • The Building Safety Act

    Information relating to the Building Safety Act, which was granted Royal Assent on 28 April 2022.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Community Infrastructure Levy

    This guidance explains what the Community Infrastructure Levy is and how it operates.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • The merged Approved Documents

    A fully searchable PDF of all the Approved Documents.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Structure: Approved Document A

    Building regulation in England covering the structural elements of a building.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • Registered building inspectors

    Find out the classes of building inspectors, the competencies needed and how to register as a building inspector in England and Wales.

    • From: Health and Safety Executive
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  • Technical housing standards – nationally described space standard

    This document sets out the government’s new nationally described space standard.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Drainage and waste disposal: Approved Document H

    Building regulation in England for foul water drainage and disposal.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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