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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Mandatory information required from leaseholders and current landlords

    This guidance explains the information required to complete the leaseholder deed of certificate, and what information your current landlord must provide in the landlord’s certificate.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Find a high-rise residential building

    Find out what information the Building Safety Regulator holds in its register of high-rise residential buildings, and how you can access that information.

    • From: Health and Safety Executive
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  • Structure: Approved Document A

    Building regulation in England covering the structural elements of a building.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • Criteria for determining whether a building is a higher-risk building during the occupation phase of the new higher-risk regime

    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)…

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Definition of ‘relevant building’

    The leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 only apply to “relevant buildings.” This guidance explains what is meant by that term.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Resistance to sound: Approved Document E

    Building regulation in England for the resistance to the passage of sound and sound insulation.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • Electrical safety: Approved Document P

    Building Regulation in England covering electrical safety in dwellings.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • Overheating: Approved Document O

    Building regulation in England setting standards for overheating in new residential buildings.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Qualifying date, qualifying lease and extent

    This guidance clarifies the extent (or location) to which the leaseholder protections apply. It also explains what is meant by qualifying date and qualifying lease.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Competent person scheme - current schemes and how schemes are authorised

    Find out about current competent person schemes to self-certify certain types of building work if you work in building as an installer.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Contact the Building Safety Regulator

    Anyone in England can use this service to contact the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

    • From: Health and Safety Executive
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