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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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  • Lawful development certificates

    Explains the process for obtaining a lawful development certificate for existing or proposed use.

    • 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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  • Mandatory information required from leaseholders and current landlords

    This guidance explains the information required to complete the leaseholder deed of certificate, and what information your current landlord must provide in the landlord’s certificate.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Flood risk and coastal change

    Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Calculate biodiversity value with the statutory biodiversity metric

    When and how to measure a habitat or development’s impact on biodiversity.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Criteria for determining whether a building is a higher-risk building during the occupation phase of the new higher-risk regime

    This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)…

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Fees for planning applications

    Fees guidance: explains planning related fees and the method of calculating them.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Environmental Impact Assessment

    Explains requirements of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • General binding rules: small sewage discharge to the ground

    How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to the ground.

    • From: Environment Agency
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  • Competent person scheme - current schemes and how schemes are authorised

    Find out about current competent person schemes to self-certify certain types of building work if you work in building as an installer.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Design and building work: meeting building requirements

    The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.

    • From: Health and Safety Executive
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  • Determining a planning application

    Sets out process and expectations on planning performance and decision making.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Use of planning conditions

    Explains how conditions attached to a planning permission should be used and discharged effectively

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Contact the Building Safety Regulator

    Anyone in England can use this service to contact the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

    • From: Health and Safety Executive
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  • Toilet accommodation: Approved Document T

    Building regulation in England to provide guidance on the design and layout of universal toilets, ambulant toilets and toilet cubicles.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Qualifying date, qualifying lease and extent

    This guidance clarifies the extent (or location) to which the leaseholder protections apply. It also explains what is meant by qualifying date and qualifying lease.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Definition of ‘relevant building’

    The leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 only apply to “relevant buildings.” This guidance explains what is meant by that term.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Electrical safety: Approved Document P

    Building Regulation in England covering electrical safety in dwellings.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • Find a high-rise residential building

    Find out what information the Building Safety Regulator holds in its register of high-rise residential buildings, and how you can access that information.

    • From: Health and Safety Executive
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