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Circular 03/2020 Application of building regulations where additional storeys are provided to existing buildings
Publication Year
2020
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Sets out the regulatory requirements for new permitted development rights allowing the construction of additional storeys on existing buildings as part of the government aim to increase housing supply in England. This notification highlights relevant requirements in the building regulations and the manual to the building regulations. Also refers to guidance covering disproportionate collapse, sprinkler protection and external wall construction.
Document History
Issued as part of the: Building regulations: circulars collection initially published by DCLG and now continued by MHCLG: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/building-regulations-circulars. Issued: 10 August 2020.
Publisher Information
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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.
2 Marsham Street
London
MHCLG
UK
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government
