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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.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
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...
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Information relating to the Building Safety Act, which was granted Royal Assent on 28 April 2022.
The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.
Use this service to apply to register a high-rise residential building in England with the Building Safety Regulator.
The Commission was convened to advise government on how to promote and increase the use of high-quality design for new build homes and neighbourhoods.
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.
When you need building regs approval, how to apply, using a competent person scheme, and determinations and appeals
Guidance on construction management processes, design, building safety and infrastructure, Modern Methods of Construction, and self and custom build.
This project aims to examine how to increase demand and accelerate delivery of low carbon housing.
Duties and responsibilities of the principal accountable person.
Links to secondary legislation.
How clients can submit and manage a building control application to the Building Safety Regulator for higher-risk building work or building work to an existing higher-risk building.
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...
Responsibilities of accountable persons for a building’s safety case.
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