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R L Davies & Son was awarded the title of Best Partnership with a Local Authority Building Control Team at the Grand Finals of the LABC Building Excellence Awards – one of the most recognised events on the building industry’s calendar.A panel of industry experts judged a list of the…
LABC has welcomed the Construction Leadership Council’s report ‘Greening Our Existing Homes’ which calls for a national retrofit strategy for the UK’s 28 million homes. Council members have signed an open letter to Business Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, urging the Government to incorporate the…
For the past few decades, satellites have been taking high definition pictures of the United Kingdom and Europe from space. The images are analysed and compared to detailed maps.
The maps were created with Corine (coordination of information on the environment) Land Cover data from…
"Croudace Homes are always keen to work alongside the local Building Control departments and the quality that has been produced has in no small way been aided by the relationship that we have had with Arun District Council and Basingstoke and Deane under the Partner Authority Scheme." …
The government is seeking responses to its White Paper on planning reform – 'Planning for the Future'.
The proposals would transform the planning system, meaning each local authority would have to produce a zoning plan dividing their area into ‘development, ‘renewal’ and ‘protected’ land.…
The government has recently announced a number of new housing measures to champion the rights of homebuyers and help ensure that when buying a new home they get the quality of build they rightly expect.
Update 26 May 2020: Natalie Elphicke has been chosen to chair the board that will get…
Welcome to the Archived Approved Document page.
On this page you'll find Approved Documents that are no longer current.
The documents that are in place when an application is made or work carried out are the ones that will be used to determine compliance with the Building Regulations.…
This relatively new scholarship aims to encourage advancements in the building control profession and the development of Building Regulations. Each year the Faculty of Building Control and Standards, together with the Local Authority Building Control (LABC), award £3,000 to the chosen scholar.…
With all the main political parties making significant commitments to increase housebuilding, LABC has called on them to recognise changes to the industry are needed if any of the pledges are to be implemented.
So far, the Conservatives have pledged to build 1 million homes in the next five…
Our free suite of Construction Details provides industry standard designs and specifications for the construction of junctions. They provide a ‘patternbook’ approach showing design details and purchasing specifications to ensure thermal performance. Here’s how they help you.
Proving thermal…