• Department for Communities and Local Government
• The Building Regulations
• The Approved Documents
• The Stationery Office
• National Local Authority Building control website
• Submit a plan
• British Gypsum
• The British Test Centre
• The FENSA Scheme
• The Association of Noise Consultants
• The UK Accreditation service
• Disability Rights Commission
• Legislation concerning high hedges
• Department for Communities and Local Government Circular
• LABC New Home Warranty

Buildings Exempt from Building Regulations and Charges

Buildings controlled under other legislation

1. Any building the construction of which is subject to the Explosives Acts 1875 and 1923(a).
2. Any building (other than a building containing a dwelling or a building used for office of canteen accommodation) erected on a site in respect of which a license under the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (b) for the time being in force.
3. A building included in the schedule of monuments maintained under section 1 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c).

Buildings not frequented by people

1. into which people do not normally go; or
2. into which people go only intermittently and then only for the purpose of inspecting or maintaining fixed plant or machinery.

1. any point of a building into which people can or do normally go; or
2. the nearest point of the boundary of the curtilage of that building,

Greenhouses and agricultural buildings

1. Subject to paragraph 3, a greenhouse.
2. A building used, subject to paragraph 3, for agriculture, or a building principally for the keeping of animals, provided in each case that:

1. no part of the building is used as a dwelling.
2. no point of the building is less than one and a half times its height from any point of a building which contains sleeping accommodation; and
3. the building is provided with a fire exit which is not more than 30 metres from any point in the building.

• The descriptions of building in paragraphs 1 and 2 do not include a greenhouse or a building used for agriculture if the principal purpose for which they are used is retailing, packing or exhibiting.
• In paragraph 2, "agriculture" includes horticulture, fruit growing, the growing of plants for seed and fish farming.

Temporary buildings

Ancillary buildings

1. A building on a site, being a building which is intended to be used only in connection with the disposal of buildings or building plots on that site.
2. A building on the site of construction or civil engineering works, which is intended to be used only during the course of those works and contains no sleeping accommodation.
3. A building, other than a building containing a dwelling or used as an office or showroom, erected for use on the site of and in connection with a mine or quarry.

Small detached Buildings

1. A detached single storey building, having a floor area which does not exceed 30m2, which contains no sleeping accommodation and is a building,

1. no point of which is less than one metre from the boundary of its curtilage; or
2. which is constructed substantially of non-combustible material.

• A detached building designed and intended to shelter people from the effects of nuclear, chemical or conventional weapons, and not used for any other purpose, if:

1. its floor area does not exceed 30m2 and
2. the excavation for the building is not closer to any exposed part of another building or structure than a distance equal to the depth of the excavation plus one metre.

• A detached building, have a floor area which does not exceed 15m2, which contains no sleeping accommodation.

Extensions

1. a conservatory, porch, covered yard or covered way; or
2. a carport open on at least two sides;

Works for the benefit of disabled people

For Public Buildings (shops, restaurants, offices, etc)

For Private dwellings

• Medical treatment which cannot reasonably be carried out in an existing room (for example - rooms for dialysis treatment)
• Storage of medical equipment only
• Necessary facilities which are already available within the dwelling but which cannot be used by the disabled person (for example - a new bathroom specifically designed and equipped for disabled use)

• They are intended solely to provide a means of access into or within the dwelling for a disabled person
• They provide facilities specifically designed to secure greater safety, health, welfare or convenience for the disabled person (for example, the re-fitting of an existing kitchen with specially designed units and fittings