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The leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 only apply to “relevant buildings.” This guidance explains what is meant by that term.
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...
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)...
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Information relating to the Building Safety Act, which was granted Royal Assent on 28 April 2022.
Find out what information the Building Safety Regulator holds in its register of high-rise residential buildings, and how you can access that information.
What clients, principal designers and principal contractors must do to follow the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
Measures to ensure fire safety matters are incorporated at the planning stage for schemes involving a relevant high-rise residential building.
What accountable persons and principal accountable persons must do to follow the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
Guidance on construction management processes, design, building safety and infrastructure, Modern Methods of Construction, and self and custom build.
What happens when you opt to tax (charge VAT on) land and buildings, when you need permission and when to notify HMRC about your decision.
Use this service to apply to register a high-rise residential building in England with the Building Safety Regulator.
You can report a dangerous building to the local council
Links to secondary legislation.
The programme was established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe – and feel safe – now, and in the future.
How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.
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 information principal accountable persons must submit when applying for a building assessment certificate from the Building Safety Regulator.
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