Building Control Guide Notes

• Leaflet 01 - Domestic Conservatories and Porches 62.21 KB
• Leaflet 02 - Means of Escape Windows 22.23 KB
• Leaflet 03 - Loft Conversion Advice - for Existing Two Storey Dwellings 79.38 KB
• Leaflet 04 - Safety Glass - Where is it needed?  
• Leaflet 05 - Replacement Windows to Dwellings 47.54 KB
• Leaflet 06 - Detached Domestic Single Storey Buildings - Sheds/Greenhouses/Garages and Attached Carports Exempt From Building Regulations 35.72 KB
• Leaflet 07 - Domestic Timber Floors - Timber Sizes and Construction Details 114.9 KB
• Leaflet 08 - Timber Trimmer Beams and Joists - Sizes and Details For Trimming Around Openings 54.09 KB
• Leaflet 09 - Ceiling and Flat Roofs - Timber Sizes and Construction Details 78.48 KB
• Leaflet 10 - Part E - Resistance to the Passage of Sound 51.52 KB
• Leaflet 11 - Choosing a Reputable Contractor 37.47 KB
• Leaflet 12 - Drainage and Waste Disposal - Part H 33.64 KB
• Leaflet 14A - Approved Document B (Fire Safety) - Volume 1: Dwelling houses (2006 Edition) - Main Changes 341.44 KB
• Leaflet 14B - Approved Document B (Fire Safety) Volume 2: Buildings other than dwelling houses (2006 Edition) - Main Changes 955.41 KB
• Leaflet 15 - Part M - Part M and Approved Document M - Access for All 51.63 KB
• Leaflet 15A - Approved Document M - Access for All - Summary of technical changes 40.82 KB
• Leaflet 15B - Disability Rights Commission - The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 - What you need to know about making changes to your premises 25.18 KB
• Leaflet 15C - Access Statements Guidance Notes 83.87 KB
• Leaflet 15D - Building Regulations Part M 2004 - Designers' Checklist of Provisions/Areas for Consideration 59.69 KB
• Leaflet 15E - CABE - Guide to Planning - Design and Access Statements 
• Leaflet 16 - Smoke Detectors in Dwellings 69.14 KB
• Leaflet 17 - Building Regulation Regularisation Application 40.81 KB
• Leaflet 18 - Purlin and Rafter Roofs - Timber Sizes and Construction Details 144.26 KB
• Leaflet 19 - Householder Guide to Sustainable Design and Construction of Building Extensions and Loft Conversions 140.35 KB
• Leaflet 20 - Approved Document Part P - Electrical Safety in Dwellings 188.71 KB
• Leaflet 21 - Approved Document A - Structure: Summary of Changes 45.34 KB
• Leaflet 22 - Approved Document C1 - Site Preparation/Resistance to Contaminants and C2 - Resistance to Moisture 49.89 KB
• Leaflet 23 - Condensing Boilers - Changes to Approved Document L1 - Conservation of Fuel and Power in Dwellings 42.42 KB
• Leaflet 25 - Radon Gas in Tameside 26.42 KB
• Leaflet 26 - Competent Person Schemes and Exemption of Minor Works 41.44 KB
• Leaflet 27 - Part G - Sanitation, Hot Water Safety and Water Efficiency 2010 423.57 KB

Conservation of Fuel and Power 2010

• Leaflet 24 - Guide 1 - Staff Guide Thermal Elements Renovation/Replacement 361.11 KB
• Leaflet 24 - Guide 2 - New areas of work that are covered by the Regulations 157.16 KB
• Leaflet 24 - Guide 2 - New areas of work that are covered by the Regulations (Surveyors version) 106.66 KB
• Leaflet 24 - Guide 3 - Competent Person schemes and exemption of minor works 46.29 KB
• Leaflet 24 - Guide 4 - L1A Conservation of Fuel and Power 2010 - New Dwellings 144.27 KB
• Leaflet 24 - Guide 5 - Approved Document L1B: Conservation of Fuel and Power - Work in Existing Dwellings 114.62 KB
• Leaflet 24 - Guide 6 - Approved Document L2B: Conservation of Fuel and Power - Work in Existing Buildings other than Dwellings 187.32 KB
• Leaflet 24 - Guide 7 - Approved Document L2A: Conservation of Fuel and Power - New Buildings Other than Dwellings 149.19 KB

Department for Communities and Local Government:

• Approved Documents and Building Regulations publications
• Danger - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Guide
• Garden Walls Guide
• Party Wall Act Advice
• Solid Fuel, Wood and Oil Burning Appliances Safety  
• Guide to the Condensing Boiler Installation Assessment Procedure for Dwellings  
• Gas and Oil-heating Boilers - Advice to Householders  
• Building Regulations Explanatory Booklet
• Domestic Building Services Compliance Guide
• Domestic Ventilation Compliance Guide
• Non-Domestic Building Services Compliance Guide  
• Low or zero carbon energy sources - Strategic Guide  
• Energy Performance of Buildings
• A Guide for Business - Reducing the Energy Usage and Carbon Emissions from Your Heating and Hot Water Systems 

LABC - Local Authority Building Control

LABC is the member organisation of Local Authority Building Control in England and Wales.

Please follow the link below to access full details of all LABC services, Home Warranties, Commercial Building Defects Guarantees and marketing information.

www.labc.uk.com 

LABC Leaflets

• Commissioning of Heat Producing Appliances Burning Solid Fuel 159.58 KB
• Installing Solid Fuel Stoves 784.81 KB
• Builders Guidance Leaflet - Tile and Slate Information 854.63 KB
• A Guide to the Building Regulations - Home Improvement 346.81 KB
• Best Practice Note on Application of Building Regulations - Application of Part L to Conservatories attached to existing dwellings 729.47 KB
• Best Practice Note on Application of Building Regulations - Retrofitting solar panels 1.62 MB
• Enlargement or reduction of window openings when installing replacement windows and doors 575.48 KB

Capita Gas Registration and Ancillary Services Ltd

http://www.gassaferegister.co.uk 

Health and Safety during your construction works

If you are having construction or refurbishment work done, you may need to notify the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and you may have other duties also - find out more.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/buildingcontrol.htm 

The following additional link will take you to the HSE Topics guidance page which will allow to search additional subjects relating to construction safety. 
http://www.hse.gov.uk/guidance/topics.htm 

Specify useful guidance being:

Asbestos http://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/index.htm 

Falls from height including guidance on ladder safety http://www.hse.gov.uk/falls/index.htm 

Working on roofs http://www.hse.gov.uk/falls/roof.htm 

Confined spaces http://www.hse.gov.uk/confinedspace/index.htm 

Personal protective equipment at work http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg174.pdf 

The absolutely essential health and safety toolkit for the smaller construction contractor http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg344.pdf 

Planning Portal

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/