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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Check if you can claim a VAT refund using the DIY housebuilders scheme, if you’re building a new house.
This series brings together all documents relating to Building Regulations: impact assessments
An update on building regulations and fire safety guidance as part of wider reforms to building safety.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document O, which sets standards for reducing overheating risk in new residential buildings.
A list of references to test standards that are common across a number of product families which apply to construction products.
If you build, buy or lease a structure and all construction contracts were signed on or after 29 October 2018, you may be able to claim tax relief.
Find out the classes of building inspectors, the competencies needed and how to register as a building inspector in England and Wales.
Guidance for local authorities and fire and rescue services on the use remediation orders, a Building Safety Act 2022 enforcement power.
Letters from the Building Safety Programme, established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe and feel safe, now and in the future.
This series brings together all research documents relating to building regulations.
Guidance on construction management processes, design, building safety and infrastructure, Modern Methods of Construction, and self and custom build.
The Building Regulation Advisory Committee has been abolished. The Building Safety Act 2022 created the Building Safety Regulator . The Building Safety Regulator will advise the government on the safety and standard of all buildings. The Building Safety Act 2022...
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022, the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions...
Find out about current competent person schemes to self-certify certain types of building work if you work in building as an installer.
Outline of the design approach taken to various aspects of the baseline designs
Following a review and consultation, the government has introduced regulations to extend the scope of the ban on combustible materials used in and on the external walls of buildings over 18 metres in height.
This information sheet explains when the construction of a building may be zero-rated and the evidence needed to confirm that it qualifies for zero-rated relief.
This guidance sets out further information about what you, the leaseholder, do and do not have to pay for remediating a building safety defect via your service charge.
The Building Safety Act 2022 created legal protections for leaseholders from historical building safety costs.
List of developers who have pledged to commit to remediate life critical fire safety works in buildings over 11 metres.
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