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A report by the Work Programme: Building Best Practice Group that looks at how the Work Programme can be improved.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Independent report which sets out the recommendations about good practice when engaging with residents on fire and building safety issues.
Design, build and operate APIs in a consistent way
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
Use this guidance to understand the role, legal responsibilities and how to register as a building inspector in England and Wales.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
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.
Provides guidance on making effective use of land, including planning for higher density development.
This page brings together information leaseholders and other residents should be aware of on fire safety, and remediation of historic building safety defects – including who is responsible for paying for remediation works.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document F, which sets standards for ventilation in new dwellings.
We are seeking views from residents and landlords/building managers on how residents are supported to meet their responsibilities.
How to assess a planning application when there are badgers on or near a proposed development site.
QUICKBLOCK’s innovative building block system enables the Armed Forces to build defensive structures rated for ballistics and blast protection
Second cost optimal assessment for the United Kingdom (excluding Gibraltar).
Guidance for local authorities and independent approved inspectors compiling quarterly information about new permanent dwellings, which is used for house building quarterly returns.
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...
Guides councils in preparing planning policies on housing for older and disabled people.
Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
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