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Use this guidance to understand the role, legal responsibilities and how to register as a building inspector in England and Wales.
Use this service to apply for and manage building control applications for higher-risk buildings in England.
This page explains the Building Safety Regulator's inspection selection criteria and how it will prioritise the inspection of building control bodies.
When you need building regs approval, how to apply, using a competent person scheme, and determinations and appeals
The Building Regulation Advisory Committee has been abolished. The Building Safety Act 2022 created the Building Safety Regulator . The Building Safety Regulator will advise the government on the safety and standard of all buildings. The Building Safety Act 2022...
Anyone in England can use this service to contact the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
Information relating to the Building Safety Act, which was granted Royal Assent on 28 April 2022.
Capacitybuilders is a non-departmental government body established in 2006 to run the government’s ChangeUp programme, which aims to help the sector ‘change up’ a gear in terms of its ability to do what it does.
Decide which activities are business or non-business for VAT purposes if you're a local authority or other public body.
The programme was established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe – and feel safe – now, and in the future.
Responsibilities of accountable persons for a building’s safety case.
The certificate of appointment form for an authorised person to be completed by the trustee or governing body of a registered building.
Join a competent person scheme to self-certify certain types of building work instead of getting building regulations approval from a council or private inspector - how to join, current schemes
Your responsibilities as a public body when carrying out or approving works on or near sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs).
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
Find out about current competent person schemes to self-certify certain types of building work if you work in building as an installer.
Letters from the Building Safety Programme, established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe and feel safe, now and in the future.
The Building Safety Fund (BSF) provides funding to fix life safety fire risks associated with cladding in buildings over 18 metres high. This guide explains the process.
Guidance providing practical information for placing construction products on the GB market.
How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.
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