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: 15 May 2024

How to meet the general binding rules if your septic tank or small sewage discharge treatment plant releases (discharges) waste water to a surface water.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 2 October 2023

When and how local planning authorities, developers and their agents should use climate change allowances in flood risk assessments.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 27 May 2022

Sets out the process for efficient and inclusive consultation of planning applications

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

Latest average timescales for planning, enforcement and householder appeals.

• From: Planning Inspectorate
• Updated: 25 April 2024

Use of planning obligations and process for changing obligations.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 1 September 2019

Advice on planning appeals and the award costs.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 25 April 2024

This guidance clarifies the extent (or location) to which the leaseholder protections apply. It also explains what is meant by qualifying date and qualifying lease.

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

Options for amending proposals that have planning permission.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 26 July 2023

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

Guidance on various aspects of the planning system, given in letters to chief planning officers of local planning authorities.

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

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

The prices of statutory biodiversity credits from the date biodiversity net gain (BNG) becomes mandatory.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Updated: 12 February 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

Understand your duties as a responsible person under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022.

• From: Home Office
• Updated: 25 October 2023

Advises on enhancing and conserving the historic environment.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
• Updated: 23 July 2019