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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Information on inspecting garden and boundary walls
Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
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...
Guidance on the inspection, maintenance and rehabilitation of masonry waterfront walls.
The law on squatting - what squatting is, squatters' rights, removing squatters, getting your property back from squatters and adverse possession. Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.
A survey of the brick industry shows productivity dispersion, attributable to technology differences and efficiency variation
When and how to tell neighbours about building works on party walls, what to do if you've been notified of works, how to come to an agreement
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.
A guide to adapting your home or business to flooding, and how to pump water out of your property after a flood.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
Advice on exposure to electromagnetic fields in the everyday environment, including electrical appliances in the home and mobile phones.
Your local council is usually responsible for removing graffiti from things like public buildings, monuments, benches and bins
Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.
Find out about geological screening, nuclear facility siting, exclusion criteria, reviewing, groundwater, NIREX and radiation risk.
Notices of publication and a consolidated list of references of pre-Exit European Assessment Documents for construction products.
The programme was established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe – and feel safe – now, and in the future.
The U1 exemption allows you to use suitable waste in construction as a recovery activity.
Residential Properly Tribunal Decision of Tribunal Judge Mullin on date 19th July 2021
The T17 exemption allows you to treat waste fluorescent tubes and capture any mercury emissions before collection for recovery.
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