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  • Fire safety: Approved Document B

    Building regulation in England covering fire safety matters within and around buildings.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Access to and use of buildings: Approved Document M

    Building regulation in England to ensure that people are able to access and use buildings and their facilities.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Managing building control approval applications for higher-risk buildings

    Help for clients, or someone they authorise, to 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.

    • From: Health and Safety Executive
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  • Conservation of fuel and power: Approved Document L

    Building regulation in England setting standards for the energy performance of new and existing buildings.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Understanding biodiversity net gain

    Guidance on what BNG is and how it affects land managers, developers and local planning authorities.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Permitted development rights for householders: technical guidance

    Guidance on householder permitted development rights, which allow improvement and extension of homes without the need to make a planning application.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Statutory biodiversity metric tools and guides

    Tools and guides for measuring the biodiversity value of habitat for biodiversity net gain (BNG).

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Protection from falling, collision and impact: Approved Document K

    Building regulation in England covering the buildings users protection from falling, collision and impact in and around the building.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • When is permission required?

    Sets out when planning permission is required and different types of planning permission which may be granted.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Biodiversity net gain

    Planning practice guidance on biodiversity net gain. Biodiversity net gain is a way of creating and improving biodiversity by requiring development to have a positive impact (‘net gain’) on biodiversity.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Biodiversity net gain: exempt developments

    A guide to the types of development that will be exempt from the mandatory biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Ventilation: Approved Document F

    Building regulation in England for the ventilation requirements to maintain indoor air quality.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas

    Explains the legislation governing Tree Preservation Orders and tree protection in conservation areas.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • The Building Safety Act

    Information relating to the Building Safety Act, which was granted Royal Assent on 28 April 2022.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Calculate biodiversity value with the statutory biodiversity metric

    When and how to measure a habitat or development’s impact on biodiversity.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Community Infrastructure Levy

    This guidance explains what the Community Infrastructure Levy is and how it operates.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Preventing and resolving disputes in relation to party walls

    Information on carrying out building work under the Party Wall etc Act 1996, or what to do if your neighbour tells you they're about to carry out work.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • The merged Approved Documents

    A fully searchable PDF of all the Approved Documents.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Drainage and waste disposal: Approved Document H

    Building regulation in England for foul water drainage and disposal.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • Making an application

    Supports effective delivery of planning application process.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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