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Housing Standards Review and Optional Requirements: What planners need to know
EveryoneThis PDF presentation is aimed specifically at Planning and Development Control Officers to advise on the outcomes of the Housing Standards Review, and the technical standards Planning may invoke through ‘optional requirements’ of the Building Regulations. This essential reading will help to alleviate problems between Planning, Building Control and Developers by outlining the site-wide and dwelling-specific issues contained in the new regulations.
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Building control senior managers, Surveyors, Small builders, Large builders, Everyone, Homeowners, Technical guides, Member's legislative & management
Approved Document B volume 1 – Fire safety in dwellinghouses (2006 edition with 2016 updates) – Wales only
EveryonePart 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.
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Building control senior managers, External publications, Surveyors, Small builders, Large builders, Everyone, Homeowners, Technical guides, Technical
Approved Document B volume 2 – Fire safety in buildings other than dwellinghouses (2006 edition with 2016 updates) – Wales only
EveryonePart of a set of official documents that support the technical parts of the building regulations. Part B volume 2, focuses on fire safety in buildings other than dwelling houses. Topics include means of warning and escape, internal fire spreading ( linings), internal fire spread ( structure), external fire spread, access and facilities for the fire services. 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
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Building control senior managers, External publications, Surveyors, Small builders, Large builders, Everyone, Homeowners, Technical guides, Technical
Approved Document E – Resistance to the passage of sound (2003 edition with 2015 updates) – England only
EveryonePart of a set of official documents that support the technical parts of the building regulations. Part E focuses on resistance to the passage of sound. Includes topics such as protection of sound from other parts of the building and adjoining buildings, protection against sound within a dwelling- house, reverberation in the common internal parts of buildings containing flats or rooms for residential purposes, acoustic conditions in schools. This the 2015 edition for England.
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Building control senior managers, External publications, Surveyors, Small builders, Large builders, Everyone, Homeowners, Technical guides, Technical
Member Document: LABC Universal Building Regulation Application Form (Wales)
MembersThis document is the LABC universal Building Regulation application form created and agreed by the Legislative and Management Services Working Group for Wales. Updated England versions were issued in October 2023.
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Building control senior managers, Surveyors, Members, Small builders, Large builders, Homeowners, Member's legislative & management
Technical guide: Building Regulations Fire Safety Procedural Guidance
EveryoneThis document explains the steps involved in approving the fire safety aspects of building work.
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Building control senior managers, Surveyors, Small builders, Large builders, Everyone, Homeowners, Technical guides, Technical
Technical Guide: Viewpoint (Superseded) - Removal of a WC from the ground floor of a dwelling
MembersSuperseded: This document is part of our suite of Viewpoint technical guides.
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Building control senior managers, Surveyors, Members, Small builders, Large builders, Homeowners, Technical guides
The Housing Standards Review – Transitional Provisions (Planning)
EveryoneOur new Housing Standards Review document takes a comprehensive look into the main outcomes and key dates for implementation.
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Building control senior managers, Surveyors, Small builders, Large builders, Everyone, Homeowners, Technical guides
Member Document: Partner Authority Scheme (PAS) Cross Boundary form
MembersThis member document is the form that can be used between the two authorities when agreeing cross boundary working on Partner Authority Schemes. LABC doesn’t require a copy of this form but we recommend that it’s kept with the application paperwork.
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Building control senior managers, Surveyors, Members, Member's legislative & management
Technical Guide: Guide to Amendments to Building Regulations
MembersThis document must not be regarded as a consolidation of the Building Regulations 2010, or its amendments, for any legal purpose. It identifies amendments to the statutory instruments. In all case work or disputes the controlled published statutory instrument(s) must be referred to.
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Building control senior managers, Surveyors, Members, Technical guides