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Approved Document L: Conservation of fuel and power – parts L 2021

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…

Approved Document E: Resistance to the ​passage of sound

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 Document B volume 1 – Fire safety in dwellinghouses (2006 edition with 2016 updates) – Wales only

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.

Wales Approved Document Q: Security - Dwellings

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.

Best residential conversion to a single new home - 2022

  Regional Winners   Baden Barn Region: South West Project Team: HM Construction, Orme Architecture, Emellia & Nick White Local Authority: Somerset Building Control Partnership…

What are local authority building control teams doing to address the climate emergency?

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…

Policies that will influence the Government’s review into Part L – what changes can we expect?

(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…

Approved Document R: Physical Infrastructure for High Speed Electronic Communications Networks

Approved Documents provide guidance on how to meet the building regulations. Part R contains guidance on the physical infrastructure required for high speed electronic communications networks. The Approved Document can be downloaded below.

Why should I use someone in a Competent Person Scheme (CPS)?

Some work can be carried out without telling a building control body, providing you use a Competent Person Scheme (CPS) registered installer. 

Approved Document D: Toxic substances

Approved Documents provide guidance on how to meet the building regulations. Part D contains guidance on toxic substances within buildings - in particular it deals with the injection of urea formaldehyde foam into cavity walls. The Approved Document can be downloaded below.