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Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
What documents clients need to submit to manage building control approval for higher-risk building work under transitional arrangements.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a proposed new building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)...
This circular letter informs building control bodies about the changes these amended regulations make to the Building Regulations.
Following a review and consultation, the government has introduced regulations to extend the scope of the ban on combustible materials used in and on the external walls of buildings over 18 metres in height.
This guidance provides leaseholders with a plain English explanation of the implications of the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022.
Measures to ensure fire safety matters are incorporated at the planning stage for schemes involving a relevant high-rise residential building.
The leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 only apply to “relevant buildings.” This guidance explains what is meant by that term.
This circular letter draws attention to the building control process for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to building regulations.
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.
The programme was established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe – and feel safe – now, and in the future.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022, the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions...
Responding to breaches of planning control under the Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023.
From 28 June 2022, the leaseholder protections on building safety costs in England have come into effect.
The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.
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