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Help with the information you must submit to the Building Safety Regulator when you apply to construct, or carry out building work on, a higher-risk building.
How to apply for building control approval from the Building Safety Regulator to construct, or carry out building work on, a higher-risk building.
What local authorities need to do when working in a multi-disciplinary team for the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
First published May 2025. This guidance details how local authorities can…
Building regulation in England to provide guidance on the design and layout of universal toilets, ambulant toilets and toilet cubicles.
Information and sanctions relating to Approved Inspectors.
The codes and standards that registered building inspectors must follow.
A template agreement that developers and Responsible Entities can use to allow a developer access to a building covered by the Developer Remediation Contract, so that the building to be assessed for fire safety, and guidance…
Find out the classes of building inspectors, the competencies needed and how to register as a building inspector in England and Wales.
A guide for principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons to report incidents or risks of structural failure, or the spread of fire to the Building Safety Regulator.
Building Safety Fund for the remediation of fire risks associated with cladding in high rise buildings (England only): new applications from 28 July 2022.
The Building Safety Fund (BSF) provides funding to fix life safety fire risks associated with cladding in buildings over 18 metres high. This guide explains the process.
Guide for responsible entities who can apply for funding to assist with replacing unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems on private residential buildings.
Guide for social landlords who can apply for funding to assist with replacing Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems on their social residential buildings.
Information to support leaseholders and residents living in buildings in the Building Safety Fund (BSF).
How to conduct routine checks on fire doors and provide information to residents.
Following the publication of the government’s Terms of Reference on 13 June 2025, the Building Control Independent Panel are publishing their ‘problem statement’.
This notice of approval sets out the national calculation methodologies for expressing the energy performance of buildings in England and Wales.
The Terms of Reference for the Building Control Independent Panel.
The information principal accountable persons must submit when applying for a building assessment certificate from the Building Safety Regulator.
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…
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