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A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Guidance documents and tools to help with the design and construction of school and further education college buildings and grounds.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document O, which sets standards for reducing overheating risk in new residential buildings.
Tools to support the design and assess the quality of active travel interventions and schemes.
Find registered designs in the UK
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Design your service using GOV.UK styles, components and patterns.
Outline of the design approach taken to various aspects of the baseline designs
A selection of design codes, chosen by the advisory board to the Office for Place, that demonstrate good practice.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Information on designs hearings including costs and how to appeal against an outcome.
Finger-block baseline designs for a 1,200 place 11 to 16 secondary school with a typical curriculum.
Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
Finger-block baseline designs for a 1,850 place 11 to 18 secondary school.
Product Safety Alert for angle grinder toothed saw blade attachments presenting a risk of serious injury or fatality. Consumers, local authority trading standards and businesses are asked to take specific action to cease use or remove them from the market.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
Finger-block baseline designs for a 1,200 place 11 to 16 secondary school with a music and sports specialism.
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