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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) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a proposed new building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)...
The programme was established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe – and feel safe – now, and in the future.
The leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 only apply to “relevant buildings.” This guidance explains what is meant by that term.
Find out what information the Building Safety Regulator holds in its register of high-rise residential buildings, and how you can access that information.
This circular letter draws attention to the building control process for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to building regulations.
Use this service to apply to register a high-rise residential building in England with the Building Safety Regulator.
Infographic showing selected facts and figures from the Community Life Survey.
Find out how to complain about a building safety risk, or the performance of an accountable person or principal accountable person, in a high-rise residential building.
Product Safety Report for magnetic building blocks presenting a medium risk of choking and injuries.
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Information on the Building Safety Fund (BSF).
Responsibilities of accountable persons for a building’s safety case.
List of developers who have pledged to commit to remediate life critical fire safety works in buildings over 11 metres.
From 28 June 2022, the leaseholder protections on building safety costs in England have come into effect.
How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.
Updated guidance will call for second staircases in all new buildings over 18 metres from 30 September 2026.
Measures to ensure fire safety matters are incorporated at the planning stage for schemes involving a relevant high-rise residential building.
Information and advice for building owners, landlords and leaseholders where aluminium composite cladding is present on their building.
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