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The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Guidance documents and tools to help with the design and construction of school and further education college buildings and grounds.
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...
Advice for building professionals involved in school building projects.
Guidance on the system for recognition of architects with an approved qualification from a European Economic Area (EEA) state or Switzerland.
CABE was a non-departmental public body responsible for advising government on architecture and urban design. It merged into the Design Council in 2011
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
Outline of the design approach taken to various aspects of the baseline designs
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
The blueprint that enables technical interoperability and the secure, trusted sharing of information and data.
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) regulates the architects’ profession in the UK to ensure that good standards of conduct and practice are consistently maintained. ARB is a public corporation of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities .
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
Supports effective delivery of planning application process.
Find registered designs in the UK
Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
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