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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)...
As a landlord, find out if the leaseholders in your block have the right to take over management of your building, and the process they must go through to do this
Guide for designers, surveyors and installers considering the suitability of solid floors to receive internal thermal upgrades.
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Tribunal Judge O’Brien and Mr Waterhouse FRICS on Date 30 April 2024
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
Guidance on managing and using bed rails safely.
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge Sheftel and Mr Leslie Packer on Date 11 October 2022
Guidance about meeting the building regulations, given by decisions on appeals against refusals by local authorities to relax or dispense with one or more requirements of the regulations.
Fees guidance: explains planning related fees and the method of calculating them.
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.
Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
Find out when transactions involving land and buildings are exempt from VAT.
When and how to tell neighbours about building works on party walls, what to do if you've been notified of works, how to come to an agreement
Sets out when planning permission is required and different types of planning permission which may be granted.
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