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Our new Housing Standards Review document takes a comprehensive look into the main outcomes and key dates for implementation.
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Douglass House Learning Disability and Autism Community Resource, Plymouth
Project Team: Mitchell Architects Ltd, Coyde Construction Ltd, Gates Consultants, …
Now you can request site inspections through your mobile device while out on siteWe've developed a free of charge site inspection request app that offers you the option to conveniently contact your local authority building control team to request a site inspection.Click the links below to…
Nominations are invited each summer for the role of Junior Vice President and this is then voted on at our AGM. This year's Junior VP, Heather Jones will spend the next three years as part of the Presidential Team, eventually taking on the President role for a year, travelling the country…
Yes. If your local council building control team judges the work not up to standard it has powers to order you to pull down or alter the work. Serious and persistent cases of failure to meet building standards can result in legal action and a fine.
There are many reasons why building control is…
Welcome to the Archived Guidance page. Here you will find building regulations guidance documents that are now superseded.
Current guidance can be found on the relevant Approved Document pages. Please click here to access the current guidance for England and here for …
Yes, it is what it looks like!
One of our Building Control teams encountered this DIY toilet installation on a recent project.
The householder had run out of money so had decided to do the internal work himself. The toilet was coupled to the soil stack with flexible ducting usually used for…
For an application by Building Notice, there are no detailed plans to inspect and approve so you can start work as soon as the notice is accepted - usually within 48 hours.
With a Full Plans application the plans have to be thoroughly examined before being approved. And by law a council must…
Your local council building control teams offer advice and support on building regulations and other crucial services. Having worked with some of the UK’s major developers, builders, contractors and housing associations we have unparalleled industry experience, technical expertise and crucially,…
Approved Documents provide guidance on how to meet the building regulations.
Regulation 7 contains guidance on materials and workmanship.
The Approved Document can be downloaded below.