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Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document O, which sets standards for reducing overheating risk in new residential buildings.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Guidance on managing and using bed rails safely.
Find registered designs in the UK
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Design your service using GOV.UK styles, components and patterns.
Toolkit for local authorities, housing providers and support organisations in the social rented sector, providing information on the removal of the spare room subsidy.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Outline of the design approach taken to various aspects of the baseline designs
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
Guidance documents and tools to help with the design and construction of school and further education college buildings and grounds.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have protected their designs to help create value from their ideas.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
Use this form to request a certified copy of a design.
Finger-block baseline designs for a 1,850 place 11 to 18 secondary school.
Intellectual property research publications commissioned by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) covering designs.
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