Guidance and regulation

Building regulation for England addressing hot water safety and efficiency of water in buildings.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 9 March 2016

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

Use this guidance to understand the role, legal responsibilities and how to register as a building inspector in England and Wales.

• From: Health and Safety Executive
• Updated: 14 March 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

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

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

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

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

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

Links to secondary legislation.

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

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 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

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

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.

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

Use this service to apply to become a registered building inspector in England and Wales with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

• From: Health and Safety Executive
• Updated: 14 March 2024

How to conduct routine checks on fire doors and provide information to residents.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 25 October 2023

Government wrote to developers on 30 January 2023 asking them to sign a contract committing them to remediate unsafe buildings which they developed.

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

Building regulation for England covering security in dwellings.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 5 March 2015

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