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If your home has been improved or extended by a previous owner, you will need to have the proper certification for it when you come to sell. If you do not have the relevant building certificates and no building regulation approval was given before work started, then you can apply for ‘…
Approved Documents provide guidance on how to meet the building regulations.
Parts L contains guidance on the conservation of fuel and power.
The first published date is now: 15th of December 2021
Two Approved Document Ls applicable from the 15th of June 2022
The Approved Documents…
Part of a set of official documents that support the technical parts of the building regulations. This is the 2006 Edition of Approved Document B (Fire Safety) for Wales, incorporating the 2010 and 2016 amendments. This document is effective from the 1st January 2016.
Approved Documents provide guidance on how to meet the building regulations.
Part Q contains guidance on the requirement for security in new dwellings.
The Approved Document takes effect from 1 November 2018 can be downloaded below.
Approved Documents provide guidance on how to meet the building regulations.
Part E contains guidance on the resistance of the passage of sound within and between domestic premises, and also within schools.
The Approved Document can be downloaded below, and there is additional guidance…
Approved Documents provide guidance on how to meet the building regulations.
Part Q contains guidance on the requirement for security in new dwellings.
The Approved Document can be downloaded below.
Regional Winners
Baden Barn
Region: South West
Project Team: HM Construction, Orme Architecture, Emellia & Nick White
Local Authority: Somerset Building Control Partnership…
Over 61 million people live in the United Kingdom. Around 95 per cent of the population lives in areas where the local authorities – over 570 councils all together – have declared a climate emergency. It is hoped that by 2050, the result of these declarations and subsequent response plans in the UK…
(Originally published on the LABC Warranty website.)
Later in 2019 the Government intends to issue consultations for England and the Welsh Government for a review of Part L of the Building Regulations (England and Wales), due in 2020. But what can we expect to come out of the review? Existing…
Some work can be carried out without telling a building control body, providing you use a Competent Person Scheme (CPS) registered installer.