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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.
This leaflet explains what building work must be notified to a local authority or carried out by a registered installer.
How to store oil, design standards for tanks and containers, where to locate and how to protect them, and capacity of bunds and drip trays.
Product recall for Pacago children's wooden food kitchen pretend clay fruit and veg set presenting a serious risk of choking.
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Find out which items you can or cannot claim a VAT refund for under the DIY Housebuilders' Scheme.
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 Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)...
VAT rates for building work, including plumbers, plasterers and carpenters - new houses and flats, work for disabled people, energy saving, grant-funded heating, conversions and renovations, properties that are not homes
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Guides councils in preparing planning policies on housing for older and disabled people.
Disabled Facilities Grants help towards the costs of making changes to your home so you can continue to live there
Find registered designs in the UK
Find out if you can get VAT relief if you're having building work done in your home related to your disability.
Guidance documents and tools to help with the design and construction of school and further education college buildings and grounds.
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.
Privacy notice for the ‘Home buying and selling improvement’ research with citizens.
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