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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...
Building regulation in England covering the structural elements of a building.
You can report a dangerous building to the local council
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)...
Notices of publication and a consolidated list of references of pre-Exit European Assessment Documents for construction products.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the roofing (sprayer washdown area, manure storage area, livestock gathering area, slurry stores, silage stores) item.
Guidance about meeting the building regulations, given by decisions on disputes made by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
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
How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge Jim Shepherd and Sarah Phillips MCIEH on Date 14 June 2021
Southern Region, Judge Tildesley OBE on 20 February 2023
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