Building Regulations

What are Building Regulations?

Building Regulations set standards for the design and construction of buildings to ensure the safety and health for people, including those with disabilities in or about those buildings and to help conserve fuel and power.

 

To help people to comply with them the Government produces Approved Documents which offer guidance and show ways of achieving compliance.

 

If you want to put up a new building, extend or alter an existing one, or provide fittings such as drains or heat-producing appliances, the Building Regulations will probably apply. They may also apply if you wish to change an existing building to a different use. Building Regulation approval is completely separate from planning permission. If you get one, it does not mean you will automatically get the other.