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This project looks at the performance of solid walls, energy savings from solid wall insulation and improvements to its installation.
Find out which items you can or cannot claim a VAT refund for under the DIY Housebuilders' Scheme.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
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)...
Find out if you need to follow standing advice when completing a flood risk assessment and what to do.
Guidance for householders who suspect they have had faulty cavity wall insulation installed at their properties, or have been contacted by a claims management company.
Letters from the Building Safety Programme, established to make sure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe and feel safe, now and in the future.
Sets out special provisions for Crown development for dealing with security-sensitive information in planning applications.
Advises how to take account of and address the risks associated with flooding and coastal change in the planning process.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document F, which sets standards for ventilation in new dwellings.
This guidance sets out further information about what you, the leaseholder, do and do not have to pay for remediating a building safety defect via your service charge.
How to install and use tactile paving surfaces to help visually impaired and other pedestrians recognise potential hazards and other features in roads, rail and other locations.
Increase flood resilience with natural flood management.
Explains control of advertisement regime.
Find out about the reverse charge for supplies of services reported within the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS).
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