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The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
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)...
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
A design registration helps protect the appearance of a product, such as…
Search the following design registers to check if anyone else has…
You must prepare detailed illustrations of your design. You can include up…
You must have illustrations of your design before you can apply to…
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will examine your application. If…
Once your design is registered it will be published in the journal of…
Integration is about ensuring Defence can act in a way greater than the sum of its parts, with government, our allies and industry to deliver a desired outcome.
This section includes tools to help you move from low fidelity ideas to policies and services that can be delivered to users
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
The characteristics of a good service, including making things as clear and straightforward as possible for users.
This section shows how to translate user needs into policy and services and how you to work collaboratively with users and specialists
This section introduces design, digital, data and Open Policy Making and tell you when to use this Toolkit.
What to publish on GOV.UK and what to handle inside your service, for example eligibility
Advises on enhancing and conserving the historic environment.
Advises on how planning can manage potential noise impacts in new development.
This section helps you to understand users and their needs and begin to diagnose the policy problems and challenges that you need to fix.
This section introduces design, digital, data and Open Policy Making and tells you when to use this toolkit.
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