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Common projects guidance

  • Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015
  • LABC Resources Library (useful documents, leaflets, templates, brochures and more)
  • LABC Front Door | Home improvements and building regulations advice for homeowners and builders

If you are doing or having construction or refurbishment work done, you may need to notify the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and you may have other duties as well.

  • Party Wall Act 1996
  • Barn conversions
    pdf file 276 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Building over Anglian Water sewers and drains
    pdf file 176 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Change of use of a building or part of a building
    pdf file 201 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Contamination
    pdf file 251 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Dangerous structures
    pdf file 278 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:29pm
  • Electrical installations
    pdf file 250 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Exempt works
    pdf file 223 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Extensions and alterations
    pdf file 374 KB created on 04/03/2022 4:25pm
  • Foundations
    pdf file 231 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Garage conversions
    pdf file 278 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Home extension
    pdf file 213 KB created on 02/02/2023 10:01am
  • Installing a woodburner
    pdf file 263 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Loft conversions
    pdf file 279 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • New builds
    pdf file 219 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:29pm
  • New dwellings
    pdf file 768 KB created on 04/04/2022 11:33am
  • Removing a chimney breast
    pdf file 262 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Replacing your roof covering and roof repairs
    pdf file 279 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Security in dwellings Approved Document Q
    pdf file 277 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:29pm
  • Selling your house
    pdf file 263 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Structural openings and internal alterations
    pdf file 222 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • The difference between Planning and Building Control
    pdf file 303 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Thermal upgrades to your house
    pdf file 262 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Treatment plants and septic tanks
    pdf file 223 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm
  • Windows and door replacements
    pdf file 300 KB created on 16/09/2020 3:28pm

In this section

  • Failure to comply with the Building Regulations (England)
  • Introduction to building regulations
  • Submit a building regulations application and associated documents
  • Charges and quotations
  • Booking a site inspection
  • Building inspectors contact details and area map
  • Building control documents, decisions and completions
  • Dangerous structures and demolitions
  • Common projects guidance
  • East Suffolk building control partnerships
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