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Information on inspecting garden and boundary walls
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
You must tell your neighbours if you want to carry out any building work…
You must tell your neighbour if you want to: build on or at the boundary…
You must give notice to your neighbour between 2 months and a year before…
Once you’ve given notice your neighbour can: give consent in writing…
You must appoint a surveyor if you and your neighbour can’t agree. You can…
When carrying out building works you must: avoid causing unnecessary…
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
Guidance on the inspection, maintenance and rehabilitation of masonry waterfront walls.
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...
How to design, inspect, monitor and maintain impounding reservoir spillways so they are safe.
This information sheet explains when the construction of a building may be zero-rated and the evidence needed to confirm that it qualifies for zero-rated relief.
Notices of publication and a consolidated list of references of pre-Exit European Assessment Documents for construction products.
This note provides guidance for those undertaking the data collection on external wall systems of high rise residential buildings.
Get help to classify plastics for import and export.
A military prison restoration project delivered under the Defence Estate Optimisation (DEO) Portfolio has won a prestigious Defence conservation award.
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge Nicola Rushton QC and Mrs Alison Flynn MA MRICS on 15 November 2021
Estimates of the prevalence of external wall system life-safety fire risk in mid-rise (11-18m) residential buildings in England, and the estimated costs as at July 2021 to remediate or mitigate these buildings.
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