England Building Regulations Library
Practical guides, checklists and official sources for building work in England.
42 reference guides
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Structure
Part A concerns the structural safety of a building, including foundations, walls, floors and roofs.
Statutory guidance
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Fire safety
Part B deals with fire safety in and around buildings.
Statutory guidance
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Site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture
Part C addresses site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture.
Statutory guidance
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Toxic substances
Part D has a specific focus: protecting people from toxic fumes associated with insulating materials in cavity walls.
Statutory guidance
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Resistance to sound
Part E concerns resistance to sound in relevant residential buildings and schools.
Statutory guidance
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Ventilation
Part F covers ventilation and indoor air quality.
Statutory guidance
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Sanitation, hot water safety and water efficiency
Part G concerns sanitation, hot-water safety and water efficiency.
Statutory guidance
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Drainage and waste disposal
Part H concerns drainage and waste disposal, including foul drainage and relevant rainwater and waste arrangements.
Statutory guidance
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Combustion appliances and fuel storage systems
Part J covers combustion appliances and fuel storage systems, including air supply, discharge of combustion products and protection of the building.
Statutory guidance
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Protection from falling, collision and impact
Part K deals with protection from falling, collision and impact, including stairs, ramps, guarding and relevant glazing.
Statutory guidance
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Conservation of fuel and power / Energy and greenhouse gas emissions
Part L concerns building energy performance and services.
Statutory guidance
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Access to and use of buildings
Part M addresses access to and use of buildings, with separate volumes for dwellings and other buildings.
Statutory guidance
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Overheating
Part O addresses overheating in new residential buildings within its scope.
Statutory guidance
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Electrical safety
Part P addresses electrical safety in dwellings.
Statutory guidance
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Security in dwellings
Part Q concerns resistance to unauthorised entry in new dwellings, including relevant common access serving flats.
Statutory guidance
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Infrastructure for electronic communications
Part R concerns electronic-communications infrastructure.
Statutory guidance
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Infrastructure for charging electric vehicles
Part S concerns EV charge points and cable routes in applicable developments, material changes and major renovations.
Statutory guidance
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Toilet accommodation
Part T concerns toilet accommodation in applicable new non-dwellings and material changes of use.
Statutory guidance
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Materials and workmanship
Regulation 7 concerns suitable materials and workmanlike execution.
Statutory guidance
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Building Act: the legal framework
The enabling framework for building regulations and building control, with powers concerning unsafe buildings, demolition and enforcement.
Act
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Building Regulations: requirements and approval
These regulations establish requirements for building work, relevant changes of use, services and fittings.
Regulations
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Building Safety Act: roles and regimes
A broad reform of building safety, including the regulator, building-control changes, occupied higher-risk buildings and remediation mechanisms.
Act
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Building Regulations dutyholders and competence
This instrument introduced England's building-regulations dutyholder and competence framework, including client, designer and contractor duties.
Regulations
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Higher-risk building approval and change control
These regulations govern the specialist building-control process for relevant higher-risk building work in England.
Regulations
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Fire Safety Order: managing premises in use
The principal fire-safety framework for premises within its scope in England and Wales.
Order
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Fire risk assessments: walls and flat doors
This Act clarifies that the Fire Safety Order covers the structure, external walls and doors between flats and common parts of relevant multi-occupied residential buildings.
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Residential fire safety: information and checks
Additional duties for responsible persons of relevant residential buildings in England.
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Health and safety: overarching duties
The main occupational health-and-safety framework in Great Britain, including England.
Act
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CDM: manage safety across the project
CDM sets health-and-safety duties across a construction project's planning, design, construction and handover in Great Britain.
Regulations
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Work at height: prevent falls
These regulations address work where a fall could cause injury, including fragile roofs and places below ground level.
Regulations
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COSHH: control harmful exposure
COSHH requires employers to assess and control exposure to substances hazardous to health, including dusts and fumes created by work as well as purchased chemicals.
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Asbestos: identify and manage before disturbance
These regulations address asbestos exposure from work and the duty to manage asbestos in relevant premises.
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PUWER: equipment suitable and safe to use
PUWER governs the suitability and safe use of work equipment, from hand tools to machinery.
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LOLER: plan and control lifting
LOLER adds requirements for lifting equipment and lifting operations to the broader work-equipment framework.
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RIDDOR: identify and report specified events
RIDDOR requires specified work-related injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences to be reported by the responsible person.
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Planning: development, permission and conditions
A central framework for controlling development, planning permissions, conditions and enforcement.
Act
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Permitted development: check the exact class
The England GPDO grants planning permission for specified classes of development, subject to detailed limits and conditions.
Order
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Heritage: listed-building consent and character
This framework protects listed buildings and conservation areas.
Act
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Party walls and nearby excavation
This Act provides a notice and dispute-resolution framework for specified work to party structures, boundary-line construction and certain nearby excavations in England and Wales.
Act
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Construction Act: payment and adjudication
Part II establishes statutory rules for qualifying construction contracts, including adjudication, payment mechanisms, notices and suspension rights.
Act
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The Scheme: statutory fallback contract terms
The Scheme provides statutory adjudication and payment provisions where a qualifying contract does not comply with the Construction Act.
Regulations
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Environment Act: biodiversity and development
A broad environmental framework covering governance, targets, waste, air, water and nature.
Act
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Browse all 42 guidesAbout this library
Independent, plain-English reference notes by Saeed Azarshab. The library covers the 42 subjects listed here; it is not every law affecting construction, an official government publication or a project-specific compliance decision. Building Regulations, Approved Documents, workplace safety duties and planning permissions have different roles.
Editorial source review: . Check the current official text, commencement dates, outstanding amendments and transitional arrangements before relying on a requirement. Publication date is not necessarily the date a rule applies. A relevant competent professional or authority must resolve project-specific questions.
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