Building work

The building regulations 2010 define 'building work' as:

• The erection or extension of a building.
• The provision or extension of a controlled service or fitting in or in connection with a building.
• The material alteration of a building, or a controlled service or fitting, as mentioned in paragraph.
• Work required by regulation 6 (requirements relating to material change of use).
• The insertion of insulating material into the cavity wall of a building.
• Work involving the underpinning of a building.
• Work required by regulation 22 (requirements relating to a change of energy status).
• Work required by regulation 23 (requirements relating to thermal elements).
• Work required by regulation 28 (consequential improvements to energy performance).

Ref http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/2214/regulation/3/made

NB Manual to the Building Regulations: A code of practice for use in England, published by HM Government in July 2020, suggests building work includes: ‘…erecting or extending a building, providing or extending a controlled service or fitting in or in connection with a building, and the material alteration of a building or a controlled service or fitting.’

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