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Circular
Presents the formal notification of revisions to Approved Documents B, Volume 1 and 2. Also details the amendment regulations and the transitional arrangements, and application of the guidance.
Issued as part of the: Building regulations: circulars collection initially published by DCLG, continued by DLUHC, and MHCLG: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/building-regulations-circulars. Issued: 2 September 2024. Notification for September 2024 changes to Approved Documents B1 and B2, due to take effect on 2 September 2029. Annex A forms the Notice of approval. Building Act 1984. Notice of approval of revision of documents giving practical guidance with respect to the requirements of the Building Regulations 2010. Annex B forms the Notice of withdrawal. Building Act 1984. Notice of withdrawal of approval of documents giving practical guidance with respect to the requirements of the Building Regulations 2010.
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.
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