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Understand the roles of accountable persons and the principal accountable person for a high-rise residential building, and what they must do.
What accountable persons and principal accountable persons must do to follow the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
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...
Find out what information the Building Safety Regulator holds in its register of high-rise residential buildings, and how you can access that information.
Information on the Building Safety Fund (BSF).
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)...
Updated guidance will call for second staircases in all new buildings over 18 metres from 30 September 2026.
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Use this service to apply to register a high-rise residential building in England with the Building Safety Regulator.
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.
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.
Measures to ensure fire safety matters are incorporated at the planning stage for schemes involving a relevant high-rise residential building.
Responsibilities of accountable persons for a building’s safety case.
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 leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 only apply to “relevant buildings.” This guidance explains what is meant by that term.
How residents in high-rise residential buildings should avoid increasing or creating building safety risks and what to expect from accountable persons.
Research report for the technical review of statutory guidance for evacuation strategies and fire safety in buildings in England given by Approved Document B.
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