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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.
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 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)...
Information relating to the Building Safety Act, which was granted Royal Assent on 28 April 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 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.
Links to secondary legislation.
Use this service to apply to register a high-rise residential building in England with the Building Safety Regulator.
Guidance on construction management processes, design, building safety and infrastructure, Modern Methods of Construction, and self and custom build.
Find out what information the Building Safety Regulator holds in its register of high-rise residential buildings, and how you can access that information.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
What clients, principal designers and principal contractors must do to follow the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
Check if you can claim a VAT refund using the DIY housebuilders scheme, if you’re building a new house.
The programme was established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe – and feel safe – now, and in the future.
The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.
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...
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.
Find out what information accountable persons must provide to different individuals and organisations and when to transfer it.
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