Document Status
Current
Supplement
Core Supplement
Abstract
Provides guidance on the criteria for a building to be a "higher-risk building" during the occupation phase of the higher-risk regime under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. Covers: guidance for understanding whether the building is a higher-risk building in occupation; use criteria; building definition; counting storeys and measuring height; and glossary.
History
Last updated: 28 May 2025 - Updated to include an updated notice clarifying the government’s position following the First-tier Tribunal decision dated 3 July 2024 on roof gardens being considered a storey. Sourced from https://www.gov.uk/guidance/criteria-for-being-a-higher-risk-building-during-the-occupation-phase-of-the-new-higher-risk-regime and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published 21 June 2023.
Subjects
- Building control, England
- Special subject areas
- Fire
- Legal issues and management
- Building control
Publisher History
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is a UK Government ministerial department with responsibility for several policy areas including building regulation, community integration, economic development in coastal and seaside areas, energy efficiency in buildings, high streets and town centres, housing, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, localism, planning reform and the planning system. They were previously known as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, MHCLG, Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.