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Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document L: Energy and greenhouse gas emissions – 2026 edition.
Use this service to apply to become a registered building inspector in England and Wales with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), and pay your annual maintenance charge.
Information on inspecting garden and boundary walls.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)…
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.
Building regulation in England covering the prevention of toxic substances in buildings.
This page provides a template for a home user guide and a ventilation guide to inform homeowners how to operate and ventilate their dwelling.
Links to secondary legislation.
Use this guidance to help you understand what ‘relevant defect’ means under the Building Safety Act 2022.
What the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) charges for building control, inspection, registration and other functions, and how BSR calculates these.
Guidance for local authorities, registered building control approvers, and persons carrying out building work.
New funding through the Cladding Safety Scheme, delivered by Homes England, for eligible buildings under 11 metres.
How to tell the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) you’ve installed fibre optic cabling in an existing higher-risk building in England.
Find out how you can join a third party certification scheme for domestic electrical work.
Spreadsheets that registered building control approvers in England and Wales, and local authorities in England should use to submit data to the Building Safety Regulator.
Use this guide if you work in a self-certification scheme (previously known as competent person scheme). This guide sets out the mandatory requirements for individuals and organisations.
Use this service to apply for a building assessment certificate from the Building Safety Regulator.
Information for leaseholders and other residents about fire safety and fixing fire safety problems (also called remediation) including unsafe cladding.
Information on reversions for members of the public.
This guidance outlines the obligations that the leaseholder protections in the Act place onto building owners, right-to-manage companies, resident management companies and named managers.
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