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The Approved Documents provide guidance on ways to meet the building regulations.
When you need building regs approval, how to apply, using a competent person scheme, and determinations and appeals
You must check if you need approval before you construct or change…
You do not need to apply for approval yourself if the work is not covered…
Competent person schemes are a way for tradespeople to prove their ability…
Contact a ‘building control body’ (BCB) to check the building regulations…
You can appeal if you think your project should not have to comply with…
A fully searchable PDF of all the Approved Documents.
A Manual to the Building Regulations, designed to be clear and useful for a range of audiences.
This collection brings together all circulars related to the building regulations.
Guidance about meeting the building regulations, given by decisions on disputes made by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
The Building Regulation Advisory Committee has been abolished. The Building Safety Act 2022 created the Building Safety Regulator . The Building Safety Regulator will advise the government on the safety and standard of all buildings. The Building Safety Act 2022...
Guidance about changes to building regulations policy. Only applies to England.
An update on building regulations and fire safety guidance as part of wider reforms to building safety.
Includes building regulations, planning permission and finding land and property information
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.
Guidance about meeting the building regulations, given by decisions on appeals against refusals by local authorities to relax or dispense with one or more requirements of the regulations.
Links to secondary legislation.
This series brings together all research documents relating to building regulations.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
This circular letter informs building control bodies about the changes these amended regulations make to the Building Regulations.
Documents relating to the independent review led by Dame Judith Hackitt.
This circular letter draws attention to the building control process for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to building regulations.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document F, which sets standards for ventilation in new dwellings.
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