Building Regulations Contacts and Quick Links

Questions on a Specific Building Project

If you have questions about compliance with Building Regulations on your specific project, you should first contact the Building Control Body you are using for the approval of the work. This may be either:

• the Local Authority Building Control department or
• an Approved Inspector Building Control service.
  
  

Please note that Communities and Local Government are unable to provide any technical advice to members of the public in relation to a dispute with a local authority (or approved inspector) over compliance of building work with building regulations in relation to a particular case. You should try to resolve the matter with the local authority/approved inspector in the first instance.

However, if you are unable to do so you may wish to consider whether you have a case for requesting a formal determination from, or making an appeal to, this Department, or to the National Assembly for Wales. Guidance on these procedures can be found in our free publication: Guide to Determinations and Appeals.

Building Regulations Policies and General Enquiries

Communities and Local Government is responsible for the development of national building regulation policy for England and Wales, and making the regulations that bring that policy into effect. Local authorities are responsible for implementing and enforcing building regulations within their own areas.

If you have a question about national building regulation policies, or need specific advice from the Department, because your local authority advises that they are unable to answer your question, you can write to the Communities and Local Government:

Sustainable Buildings Division
Communities and Local Government (CLG)
5/E8 Eland House
Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DU

or email: enquiries.br@communities.gsi.gov.uk

For Copies of Free Publications

You may also be able to find further assistance about building regulations and other related matters in the following publications:

• Building Regulations Explanatory Booklet
  This publication is currently out of print. For information on availability email: publication.query@communities.gsi.gov.uk
  
  
• Party Wall Act etc. 1996 Explanatory Booklet
  
  
• Building work, replacements and repairs to your home
  
  
• Rules for electrical safety in the home  (PDF 334 kb)
  
  

You can order any of the above and other free publications from:

Communities and Local Government Publications

Tel: 030 0123 1124
Fax: 030 0123 1125
Email: product@communities.gsi.gov.uk

If you require any of these publications in an alternative format. Email: alternativeformats@communities.gsi.gov.uk

Approved Documents

Practical guidance on ways to comply with the functional requirements in the Building Regulations is outlined in a series of "Approved Documents: Parts A to P" published by Communities and Local Government.
The latest versions can be downloaded for free in Adode PDF format from the Technical Guidance section on this site.

To purchase Approved Documents: Parts A to P:

Quick link: RIBA bookshop

Email: sales@ribabookshops.com

Tel: +44 (0)20 7256 7222

Legislation

Copies of the Building Act 1984 and its amending legislation are available from TSO.

• Acts of Parliament.
• Statutory Instruments (SIs).

Quick link: www.tsoshop.co.uk

Tel: +44 (0)870 600 5522