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When you need building regs approval, how to apply, using a competent person scheme, and determinations and appeals
You must check if you need approval before you construct or change…
You do not need to apply for approval yourself if the work is not covered…
Competent person schemes are a way for tradespeople to prove their ability…
Contact a ‘building control body’ (BCB) to check the building regulations…
You can appeal if you think your project should not have to comply with…
The Approved Documents provide guidance on ways to meet the building regulations.
A fully searchable PDF of all the Approved Documents.
Guidance about meeting the building regulations, given by decisions on disputes made by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Links to secondary legislation.
The Building Regulation Advisory Committee has been abolished. The Building Safety Act 2022 created the Building Safety Regulator . The Building Safety Regulator will advise the government on the safety and standard of all buildings. The Building Safety Act 2022...
Includes building regulations, planning permission and finding land and property information
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.
Information relating to the Building Safety Act, which was granted Royal Assent on 28 April 2022.
This collection brings together all circulars related to the building regulations.
A Manual to the Building Regulations, designed to be clear and useful for a range of audiences.
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...
An update on building regulations and fire safety guidance as part of wider reforms to building safety.
Guidance about changes to building regulations policy. Only applies to England.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
How clients can submit and manage a building control application to the Building Safety Regulator for higher-risk building work or building work to an existing higher-risk building.
Changes to Section 30(A) of the Building Act 1984.
Find out the classes of building inspectors, the competencies needed and how to register as a building inspector in England and Wales.
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