Guidance and regulation

Find out what information the Building Safety Regulator holds in its register of high-rise residential buildings, and how you can access that information.

• From: Health and Safety Executive
• Updated: 8 February 2024

How clients can submit and manage a building control application to the Building Safety Regulator for higher-risk building work or building work to an existing higher-risk building.

• From: Health and Safety Executive
• Updated: 24 April 2024

Building regulation in England for the condition of the ground upon which a building is to be built.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 3 September 2013

Find details of a building inspector listed on the register of building inspectors for England.

• From: Health and Safety Executive
• Updated: 9 May 2024

Use this service to apply to register a high-rise residential building in England with the Building Safety Regulator.

• From: Health and Safety Executive
• Updated: 4 April 2024

Building regulation in England to provide guidance on the design and layout of universal toilets, ambulant toilets and toilet cubicles.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 15 May 2024

Links to secondary legislation.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 25 July 2022

Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 14 March 2024

This guidance sets out further information about what you, the leaseholder, do and do not have to pay for remediating a building safety defect via your service charge.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 16 November 2023

This guidance provides leaseholders with a plain English explanation of the implications of the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 18 October 2022

Building regulation in England for the installation of electric vehicle charge points or cable routes.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 17 April 2023

Guidance providing practical information for placing construction products on the GB market.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 22 December 2022

How to apply for a completion or partial completion certificate after contractors have completed the building work for higher-risk building work or building work to an existing higher-risk building.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 24 April 2024

Building regulation in England for the storage of fuel systems and combustion products.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 30 September 2022

How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.

• From: Health and Safety Executive
• Updated: 16 April 2024

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…

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 19 October 2023

Use this service to apply for and manage building control applications for higher-risk buildings in England.

• From: Health and Safety Executive
• Updated: 5 April 2024

A Manual to the Building Regulations, designed to be clear and useful for a range of audiences.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 20 July 2020

Responsibilities of the principal accountable person for a high-rise residential building’s safety case report.

• From: Health and Safety Executive
• Updated: 2 April 2024

Understand the roles of accountable persons and the principal accountable person for a high-rise residential building, and what they must do.

• From: Health and Safety Executive
• Updated: 5 March 2024