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How to apply for a council house or flat - housing waiting lists, types of tenancies, the Right to Buy scheme and repairs, complaining about the council
You apply for council housing through your local council. Each council has…
Your tenancy agreement is a legal document and tells you all the rules…
You’re likely to be responsible for things like: fixing a curtain or…
Follow these steps if you have a problem with your council housing:…
You’re likely to lose your tenancy and you could lose your right to…
Under the Right to Buy scheme, you can apply to buy your council home if:…
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)…
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 Bu…
How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.
Notices of publication and a consolidated list of references of pre-Exit European Assessment Documents for construction products.
Find out what information the Building Safety Regulator holds in its register of high-rise residential buildings, and how you can access that information.
Find out about current competent person schemes to self-certify certain types of building work if you work in building as an installer.
Apply for a licence to move and keep certain non-native (alien) species for animal welfare purposes.
Use the correct form to explain why your application meets the licence criteria and that there’s no satisfactory alternative to your planned activity.
How to assess a planning application when there are bats on or near a proposed development site.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
As a landlord, find out if the leaseholders in your block have the right to take over management of your building, and the process they must go through to do this
Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.
A list of references to test standards that are common across a number of product families which apply to construction products.
Manage your birds’ housing and welfare when they must be kept inside because of disease outbreaks.
Responsibilities of accountable persons for a building’s safety case.
The leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 only apply to “relevant buildings.” This guidance explains what is meant by that term.
Sets out when planning permission is required and different types of planning permission which may be granted.
How to assess a planning application when there are reptiles on or near a proposed development site.
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