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You need approval from your local authority to use a raised structure to provide seating or standing accommodation in Scotland
How to design, inspect, monitor and maintain impounding reservoir spillways so they are safe.
Use this service to apply to register a high-rise residential building in England with the Building Safety Regulator.
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 principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money, and how to submit your compliance statement.
Find out how to complain about a building safety risk, or the performance of an accountable person or principal accountable person, in a high-rise residential building.
If you build, buy or lease a structure and all construction contracts were signed on or after 29 October 2018, you may be able to claim tax relief.
Decide whether to set up a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO), a charitable company or an unincorporated association or trust.
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money and how to submit a compliance statement.
What happens if a structure or feature on your land is designated as a flood or coastal erosion defence asset.
Sets out when planning permission is required and different types of planning permission which may be granted.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
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
Find out if your social enterprise meets the conditions of the social investment tax relief (SITR) scheme for investments made on or before 5 April 2023.
Help with the structure and fire safety information you need when applying to register a high-rise residential building with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR)
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