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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)...
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...
Sets out when planning permission is required and different types of planning permission which may be granted.
Guidance about meeting the building regulations, given by decisions on disputes made by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge Robert Latham and John Stead BSc (Hons) MSc (H-W) on Date 18 November 2024
Find out what information the Building Safety Regulator holds in its register of high-rise residential buildings, and how you can access that information.
Answers to frequently asked questions on Approved Document B including 2020 and 2022 amendments.
Understand the roles of accountable persons and the principal accountable person for a high-rise residential building, and what they must do.
Northern Region Judge J Going and Tribunal Member H Thomas sitting on 29 January 2024
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