Index of Building Regulations and Approved Documents
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities DLUHC has published an index of Building Regulations and Approved Documents, merged and as a single document.
The Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety led by Dame Judith Hackitt made a number of recommendations to enhance the safety of buildings, including reinstating an enhanced Manual to the Building Regulations and publishing a fully searchable PDF of all Approved Documents.
The new edition of the manual has been designed to be clear and useful for a range of audiences, and is split into two volumes: an accessible overview and a more detailed set of guidance, that fulfil the recommendations of the review.
The merged Approved Documents enable the user to:
- Undertake a word search across all of the approved documents.
- Cut and paste text and diagrams into other documents.
- Add notes to a saved copy.
- Use an index to access individual sections of the guidance.
The main changes to this edition of the Approved Documents include:
- Approved Document B Volume 1 – Fire safety – Dwellings, 2019 edition incorporating 2020 and 2022 amendments
- Approved Document B Volume 2 – Fire safety – Buildings other than dwellings, 2019 edition incorporating 2020 and 2022 amendments
- Approved Document J – Combustion appliances and fuel storage systems, 2010 edition with 2010, 2013 and 2022 amendments
- Approved Document L Volume 1 – Conservation of fuel and power – Dwellings, 2022 edition with 2023 amendments
- Approved Document L Volume 2 – Conservation of fuel and power – Buildings other than dwellings, 2022 edition with 2023 amendments
- Approved Document R volume 1 – Physical infrastructure and network connection for new dwellings, 2022 edition
- Approved Document R volume 2 – Physical infrastructure for high-speed electronic communications networks, 2022 edition
For further information visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/building-regulations-and-approved-documents-index
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