Guidance

Building control bodies: professional codes and standards

The codes and standards that building control bodies must follow.

Applies to England

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The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) oversees building control bodies (local authorities and registered building control approvers) and registered building inspectors.

The codes and standards are sometimes updated, therefore use the versions on this page and do not rely on previously printed copies.

Updates to this page

Published 7 July 2024
Last updated 25 March 2025 show all updates
  1. Additional notes have been added to the KPIs for OSR monitoring arrangements.

  2. Operational standards rules monitoring arrangements HTML updated to link to guidance on submitting operational standards data

  3. First published.

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