Added letters: Strengthening local building control capacity, capability and financial sustainability; Implications of the Building Safety Levy for building control procedure.
Added Amendments to Approved Documents L (Energy and greenhouse gas emissions) and F (Ventilation), Circular 04/2026.
Added Direction under the Building Act 1984 for fibre optic cabling in non-HRBs, Circular 03/2026.
Added Directions under the Building Act 1984 for telecommunications related building work, Circular 02/2026.
Added The Future Homes and Buildings Standards: Building Circular 01/2026.
Added Amendments to Approved Document T (toilets): Circular 02/2025.
Added Building regulations: updated notices of approval for calculation methodologies: circular letter.
Added Amendments to Approved Document B (fire safety): Circular 01/2025.
Added Amendments to Approved Document B (fire safety): circular and letter.
Added The Building (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024 - Part T: circular 02/2024.
Added Building control changes for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to building regulations.
Added Operational Standards Rules for Building Control Bodies (BCBs).
Added Circular letter regarding revisions to Approved Document B.
Added The Building etc. (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2022: circular 04/2022.
Added Single stair provisions in very tall residential buildings and applicability of the Approved Documents: circular letter.
Added Notices of approval for calculation methodologies: circular letter
Added link to Approved Document B 2022 amendments: circular 02/2022.
Added Building Regulations in England: circular 01/2022.
Added New approach for achieving consensus between building control bodies and Fire and Rescue Authorities in building works.
Added circular letter on nearly zero energy buildings requirements for new buildings.
Added Notice of correction to Approved Document B 2019 edition: Circular 03/2019
Added circular letter to building control bodies regarding the application of requirement B4 of the Building Regulations 2010.
Added circular letter on nearly zero energy buildings requirements for new public buildings.
Added Approved Document B volume 1 and volume 2: circular 03/2018.
Added Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Circular 02/2018.
Added circular letter about issues arising from fire door tests.
Under 2018 sub heading a new circular letter regarding 2018 amendments to Approved Document L1B and Domestic Building Services Compliance Guide which were published on 5 April 2018.
Added circular letter to building control bodies and fire and rescue authorities regarding the interim report, Building A Safer Future, which was published on 18 December 2017.
Addition of the circular letter about a new scheme of insurance for approved inspectors : Lockton Companies LLP.
addition of divisional letter regarding the schemes of insurance for approved inspectors under the 2017 sub heading
Addition of Building Control Performance Standards circular letter under the 2017 subheading relating to the 2017 changes to the Building Control Performance Standards
Addition of Circular letter relating to Building (Amendment) Regulations 2016
Addition of Building Regulations &c. (Amendment) Regulations 2016 circular letter
Addition of Amended Approved Documents G and M circular letter under the 2016 sub heading
Added new circular letter regarding approved inspectors and regulation 17.
Added divisionial circular letter which informs building control bodies about the closure of the British Institute of Non-destructive Testing’s (BINDT) air pressure testing scheme.
Added under section 2014 a link to the Building ( Amendment) Regulations 2014 letter
Under sub heading 2014, added link to circular letter on green deal and notice of approval.
Under sub heading 2014. Added circular letter " The Building&c ( amendment) Regulations 2014" document.
Addition in sub section 2014 of a divisional letter about Insurance Schemes for Approved Inspectors.
Added divisional letter titled 'Building Act 1984 and the Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010' under 2014 sub heading.
Added Circular letter titled: New and amended Approved Documents and Compliance Guides to support Part L which was published 3 December 2013.
First published.
Divisional circular letters to local authorities, heads of building control and approved inspectors to tell them about new or altered building regulations matters and to give them guidance on points relevant to their building control functions.