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How principal accountable persons, or someone authorised to act for them, can register a high-rise residential building in England.
The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.
Building regulation for England covering requirements for infrastructure for electronic communications networks in buildings.
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…
Government wrote to developers on 30 January 2023 asking them to sign a contract committing them to remediate unsafe buildings which they developed.
Building regulation for England setting out the standards of the building materials and skills used.
How principal designers, principal contractors and principal accountable persons must set up and maintain a system to report building safety incidents and risks.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document F, which sets standards for ventilation in new dwellings.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document O, which sets standards for reducing overheating risk in new residential buildings.
A collection of historical documents relating to Approved Document B. This includes previous versions of Approved Documents B that are no longer in use, associated FAQs and archived amendment booklets.
This guidance summarises the types of defects to which the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 apply.
This guidance provides an overview of what the contribution caps for qualifying leaseholders’ non-cladding remediation are and how these will work in practice.
Information on inspecting garden and boundary walls
What you must do before changing a project that has been approved by the Building Safety Regulator.
Links to secondary legislation.
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.
What the principal accountable person and accountable persons must do to prepare, submit and update a resident engagement strategy for a high-rise residential building.
Following the publication of the government’s Terms of Reference on 13 June 2025, the Building Control Independent Panel are publishing their ‘problem statement’.
Find details of a building control approver listed on the register of building control approvers (RBCAs) for England.
Information to support leaseholders and residents living in buildings in the Building Safety Fund (BSF).
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