We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
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) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document O, which sets standards for reducing overheating risk in new residential buildings.
Find out which items you can or cannot claim a VAT refund for under the DIY Housebuilders' Scheme.
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Find out about which goods and services for disabled people and people aged 60 or over that you should apply zero or reduced rate VAT.
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.
Find out if you can get VAT relief if you're having building work done in your home related to your disability.
As a land owner or manager, find out about your responsibilities and how to manage public access.
This section describes guidance for area types that authorities should consider when creating design codes or guides.
This publication is intended for Valuation Officers. It may contain links to internal resources that are not available through this version.
Midlands Region, Judge C Goodall and Regional Surveyor V Ward FRICS on 17 August 2022
Guidance about meeting the building regulations, given by decisions on disputes made by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
What you need to check inside and outside of the vehicle when you do a lorry or other HGV walkaround check.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).