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The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.

• Updated: 18 September 2024

This advice explains why good design is important, what success might look like and how it might be delivered in applications for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP).

• Updated: 16 April 2025

Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help

• Overview

  When you take time off to have a baby you might be eligible for: Statutory…

• Leave

  Statutory Maternity Leave is 52 weeks. It’s made up of: Ordinary Maternity…

• Pay

  Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is paid for up to 39 weeks. You get: 90% of…

• Eligibility

  Statutory Maternity Leave You qualify for Statutory Maternity Leave if:…

• How to claim

  Statutory Maternity Leave At least 15 weeks before your due date, tell…

• Extra help

  Maternity benefits Use a benefits calculator to see what help you can get…

The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.

Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.

• Updated: 1 October 2019

Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.

Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.

What structural alterations are, when and how to apply for permission, how they may affect your home's value and what you owe on your equity loan.

• Updated: 4 February 2022

Standards and guidance for the design and construction of school and college buildings and outdoor environments.

• Updated: 5 September 2022

Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.