The Building Regulations 2010
S.I. 2010/2214 · Made 6 September 2010 · Extends to England and Wales
Building And Buildings, England And Wales
Made 6th September 2010
Laid before Parliament 9th September 2010
Coming into force 1st October 2010
The Secretary of State is a Minister designatedM1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972M2 in relation to matters relating to the environment.
In accordance with section 14(3) of the Building Act 1984M3 he has consulted the Building Regulations Advisory Committee and such other bodies as appeared to him to be representative of the interests concerned.
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and by sections 1(1), 2A, 3, 5, 8(2) and (6), 34, 35, 47(1) and 126 of, and paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 4A, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984:C1C2C3C4C5C6C7
Annotations to the whole text
Marginal citations
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- M2
- M3
1984 c.55; section 126 is cited for the definition of “prescribed”. Section 1 was amended by section 1 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c.22) and section 2A was inserted by section 4 of that Act; section 47(1) was amended by section 8 of that Act and S.I. 1996/1905; paragraph 4A of Schedule 1 was inserted by section 8 of that Act; paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3 of that Act and by section 11 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 (c.19); paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 3 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 and by section 40 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c.29); paragraph 11(1)(a) of Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 1986/452. Certain functions of a Minister of the Crown under the Building Act 1984 were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales constituted by the Government of Wales Act 1998 (c.38) by article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) as varied by article 4 of, and Schedule 3 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/253) and have been transferred to the Welsh Ministers by paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32). Subject to certain exceptions and reservations, the remaining functions conferred on the Secretary of State by the Building Act 1984 are transferred to the Welsh Ministers, as far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales, by the Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No.2) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3019) with effect from 31st December 2011.
Modifications
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Regulations: power to amend conferred (21.3.2012 for specified purposes, 28.1.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Energy Act 2011 (c. 16), ss. 9(2), 121(1) (with ss. 40, 41); S.I. 2012/873, art. 3(1)(b)(2); S.I. 2013/125, art. 2(b)
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Regulations continued (W.) (5.9.2023) by The Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/914), regs. 9, 10
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Regulations continued (E.) (1.10.2023) by The Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/993), reg. 9
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Regulations applied (with modifications) (E.) (6.4.2024) by The Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/110), regs. 1(3), 5 (with regs. 44-47)
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Regulations continued (W.) (6.4.2024) by The Building Safety Act 2022 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/207), reg. 14
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Regulations applied (with modifications) (W.) (1.1.2025) by The Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1268), regs. 1(2), 5(1)-(11)
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Regulations continued (W.) (1.7.2026) by The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1321), reg. 1(3), Sch. 3 para. 1(2)
Contents
- Part 1: General
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Interpretation
- 2AApplication
- 2BDisapplication of certain procedural requirements of the Building Regulations 2010 in relation to higher-risk building work
- 2CApplication: Wales
- 2DDisapplication of certain procedural requirements of the Building Regulations 2010 in relation to higher-risk building work : Wales
- Part 2: Control of Building Work
- 3Meaning of building work
- 4Requirements relating to building work
- 5Meaning of material change of use
- 6Requirements relating to material change of use
- 7Materials and workmanship
- 8Limitation on requirements
- 9Exempt buildings and work
- 10Exemption of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime from procedural requirements
- 11Power to dispense with or relax requirements
- Part 2A: Dutyholders and competence
- Chapter 1: Client
- 11ASuitable arrangements to ensure compliance with requirements etc
- 11BArrangements as to information: higher-risk building work
- 11CDomestic clients
- Chapter 2
- Appointment of principal designer and principal contractor etc
- 11DPrincipal designer and principal contractor
- 11EConsiderations before a person carries out work
- Chapter 3
- Competence
- 11FCompetence: general requirement
- 11GCompetence: principal designer
- 11HCompetence: principal contractor
- 11ICeasing to be competent: notification
- Chapter 4
- Duties of dutyholders
- 11JGeneral duty
- 11KAdditional duties of designers
- 11LAdditional duties of contractors
- 11MAdditional duties of a principal designer
- 11NAdditional duties of a principal contractor
- 11ONotification of change of dutyholder
- Chapter 5: General
- 11PMinor work
- 11QInterpretation of this Part
- Part 2B - WALES: Dutyholders and competence
- Chapter 1: Client
- 11RSuitable arrangements to ensure compliance with requirements etc.: Wales
- 11SArrangements as to information: higher-risk building work: Wales
- 11TDomestic clients: Wales
- Chapter 2: Appointment of principal designer and principal contractor etc.
- 11UPrincipal designer and principal contractor: Wales
- 11VConsiderations before a person carries out work: Wales
- Chapter 3: Competence: Wales
- 11WCompetence: general requirement: Wales
- 11XCompetence: principal designer: Wales
- 11YCompetence: principal contractor: Wales
- 11ZCeasing to be competent: notification: Wales
- Chapter 4: Duties of dutyholders
- 11Z1General duty: Wales
- 11Z2Additional duties of designers: Wales
- 11Z3Additional duties of contractors: Wales
- 11Z4Additional duties of a principal designer: Wales
- 11Z5Additional duties of a principal contractor: Wales
- 11Z6Notification of change of dutyholder: Wales
- Chapter 5: General: Wales
- 11Z7Minor work: Wales
- 11Z8Interpretation of this Part: Wales
- Part 3: Notices, Plans and Certificates
- 12Giving of a building notice or an application for building control approval
- 13Particulars and plans where a building notice is given
- 14Applications for building control approval with full plans
- 14ZABuilding safety levy information
- 14ADetermination of applications for building control approval with full plans
- 14BAppeal against a local authority’s rejection of an application for building control approval
- 14CAppeal against the regulator’s rejection of an application for building control approval for work that is not higher-risk building work
- 14DDetermination of applications for building control approval with full plans: Wales
- 14EAppeal against a building control authority’s rejection of an application for building control approval: Wales
- 15Consultation with sewerage undertaker
- 15AConsultation in relation to fire safety
- 15BConsultation in relation to fire safety: Wales
- 16Notices in relation to building work
- 16ALevy charging information
- 17Completion certificates
- 17ACertificate for building occupied before work is completed
- 18Unauthorised building work
- 18AAppeal against refusal to grant certain certificates
- 18BAppeal in relation to sections 20(5) or 39 of the Act
- 18CAppeal to the First-tier Tribunal in relation to certain decisions
- 18DApplication to the First-tier Tribunal in relation to certain decisions
- 18EAppeals under section 101A of the Act
- 18FAppeal in relation to section 42 of the Act: Wales
- 18GAppeal to the magistrates’ court in relation to certain decisions: Wales
- 18HApplication to the magistrates’ court in relation to certain decisions: Wales
- 18IAppeals under section 101A of the Act: Wales
- Part 4: Supervision of Building Work Otherwise than by Local Authorities
- 19Supervision of building work otherwise than by local authorities
- 19ARegulator’s notices: description of work and connection
- 19BRegulator’s notices: content of notices
- 19CRegulator’s notices: grounds for rejection
- 19DRegulator’s notices: appeals
- 19ERegulator’s notices: direction
- 19FRegulator’s notices: local land charges
- Part 5: Self-certification schemes and third party certification schemes
- 20Provisions applicable to self-certification schemes
- 20AProvisions applicable to third party certification schemes
- Part 6: Energy Efficiency Requirements
- 21Application of energy efficiency requirements
- 22Requirements relating to a change to energy status
- 23Requirements for the renovation or replacement of thermal elements
- 24Methodology of calculation and expression of energy performance
- 25Minimum energy performance requirements for new buildings
- 25AConsideration of high-efficiency alternative systems for new buildings
- 25BNearly zero-energy requirements for new buildings
- 25CNew buildings: minimum energy performance requirements
- 25DEnergy efficiency rating
- 26CO2 emission rates for new buildings
- 26AFabric energy efficiency rates
- 26BFabric performance values for new dwellings
- 26CTarget primary energy rates for new buildings
- 27CO2 emission rate calculations
- 27AFabric energy efficiency rate calculations
- 27BFabric performance values calculations
- 27CTarget primary energy rate calculations for new buildings
- 28Consequential improvements to energy performance
- 29Energy performance certificates Repealed
- 29ARecommendation reports Repealed
- 30Energy assessors Repealed
- 31Related party disclosures Repealed
- 32Duty of care Repealed
- 33Right to copy documents Repealed
- 34Application of building regulations to educational buildings, buildings of statutory undertakers and Crown Buildings
- 35Interpretation of Part 6
- Part 7: Water Efficiency
- 36Water efficiency of new dwellings
- 37Wholesome water consumption calculation
- Part 7A: Automatic fire suppression systems
- 37AProvision of automatic fire suppression systems
- 37BRequirements of automatic fire suppression systems
- Part 8: Information to be Provided by the Person Carrying Out Work
- 38Fire safety information
- 39Information about ventilation
- 40Information about use of fuel and power
- 40AInformation about systems for on-site generation of electricity
- 40BInformation about overheating
- Part 9: Testing and Commissioning
- 41Sound insulation testing
- 42Mechanical ventilation air flow rate testing
- 43Pressure testing
- 44Commissioning
- 44ZACommissioning in respect of a system for on-site electricity generation
- Part 9A: Infrastructure for electronic communications
- 44ZBExemptions from paragraphs RA1 and RA2 of Schedule 1
- 44ZCCases in which paragraph RA2 of Schedule 1 modified or excluded
- 44ZAAParticulars of connection to public electronic communications network
- 44ZBExemptions from paragraphs RA1 and RA2 of Schedule 1
- 44ZCCases in which paragraph RA2 of Schedule 1 modified or excluded
- 44AApplication of paragraph R1 of Schedule 1 to educational buildings, buildings of statutory undertakers and Crown buildings
- 44BExemptions from paragraph R1 of Schedule 1
- 44CInterpretation of Part 9A and of Part R of Schedule 1
- Part 9B: Infrastructure for the charging of electric vehicles
- 44DApplication of paragraph S1 of Schedule 1 (the erection of new residential buildings)
- 44EApplication of paragraph S2 of Schedule 1 (dwellings resulting from a material change of use)
- 44FApplication of paragraph S3 of Schedule 1 (residential buildings undergoing major renovation)
- 44GApplication of paragraph S4 of Schedule 1 (erection of new buildings which are not residential buildings or mixed-use buildings)
- 44HApplication of paragraph S5 of Schedule 1 (buildings undergoing major renovation which are not residential buildings or mixed-use buildings)
- 44IApplication of paragraph S6 of Schedule 1 (the erection of new mixed-use buildings and mixed-use buildings undergoing major renovation)
- 44JMinimum standards of an electric vehicle charge point
- 44KInterpretation of this Part and Part S of Schedule 1
- Part 10: Miscellaneous
- 45Testing of building work Repealed
- 46Sampling of material Repealed
- 46ALapse of building control approval: commencement of work
- 46BLapse of building control approval: commencement of work: Wales
- 47Contravention of certain regulations not to be an offence
- 47ACompliance notices: excluded provisions
- 47BCompliance notices: contents
- 47CStop notices: contents
- 47DCompliance notices and stop notices: giving of notices and notification of others
- 47ECompliance and stop notices: withdrawal
- 47FAppeal to the First-tier Tribunal in relation to a compliance notice or stop notice
- 47GApplication to the First-tier Tribunal in relation to extension of the specified period in a compliance notice
- 47HApplication to the First-tier Tribunal for a direction in relation to a stop notice
- 47ICompliance notices: excluded provisions: Wales
- 47JCompliance notices: contents: Wales
- 47KStop notices: contents: Wales
- 47LCompliance notices and stop notices: giving of notices and notification to others: Wales
- 47MCompliance and stop notices: withdrawal: Wales
- 47NAppeal to magistrates’ court in relation to a compliance notice or stop notice: Wales
- 47OApplication to the magistrates’ court in relation to extension of the specified period in a compliance notice: Wales
- 47PApplication to the magistrates’ court for a direction in relation to a stop notice: Wales
- 48Electronic service of documents Repealed
- 49Transitional provisions: interpretation
- 50Transitional provisions: work already started before 1st October
- 51Transitional provisions: work for which notification is not required
- 52Transitional provisions: notice given or plans deposited before 1st October 2010
- 53Transitional and saving provisions: earlier Building Regulations
- 54Revocations and consequential amendments
- 55Review of Part 9A and Part R of Schedule 1
- 56Review of Part 9B and Part S of Schedule 1
- Signature
- Schedule 1Requirements
- Schedule 2: Exempt Buildings and Work
- Part CLASS 1
- 1Buildings controlled under other legislation
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- Part CLASS 2
- 1Buildings not frequented by people
- 2Paragraph 2
- Part CLASS 3
- 1Greenhouses and agricultural buildings
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 4Paragraph 4
- Part CLASS 4
- Temporary buildings
- Part CLASS 5
- 1Ancillary buildings
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- Part CLASS 6
- 1Small detached buildings
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- Part CLASS 7
- Extensions
- Paragraph
- Schedule 3Self-certification Schemes and Exemptions from Requirement to Give Building Notice or an application for building control approval with full plans
- Schedule 3AThird Party Certification Schemes and Exemptions from Requirement to Give Building Notice or an application for building control approval with full plans
- Schedule 4: Descriptions of Work where no Building Notice or an application for building control approval with full plans Required
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2
- 3Paragraph 3
- 3AParagraph 3A
- 4Paragraph 4
- Schedule 4A: Green deal information Repealed
- Part 1: Green deal information to be included in energy performance certificates Repealed
- 1Paragraph 1 Repealed
- 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
- 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
- 4Paragraph 4 Repealed
- 5Paragraph 5 Repealed
- 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
- 7Paragraph 7 Repealed
- 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
- 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
- 10Paragraph 10 Repealed
- 11Paragraph 11 Repealed
- 12Paragraph 12 Repealed
- 13Paragraph 13 Repealed
- 14Paragraph 14 Repealed
- 15Paragraph 15 Repealed
- 16Paragraph 16 Repealed
- 17Paragraph 17 Repealed
- 18Paragraph 18 Repealed
- 19Paragraph 19 Repealed
- 20Paragraph 20 Repealed
- 21Paragraph 21 Repealed
- 22Paragraph 22 Repealed
- 23Paragraph 23 Repealed
- 24Paragraph 24 Repealed
- 25Paragraph 25 Repealed
- 26Paragraph 26 Repealed
- 2Interpretation Repealed
- Schedule 5Revocation of Regulations Repealed
- Schedule 6: Consequential Amendments
- 1Paragraph 1
- 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
- Explanatory note