Housing: Construction
Commons · Question 22736 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of requiring as-built specifications to be lodged as a condition of building control completion for new homes.
Answer
Answered by Florence Eshalomi, 9 Sep 2026
For buildings below 18m, the Building Regulations 2010 already take a proportionate approach to requirements for as-built specifications. Regulation 38 of the Building Regulations 2010 requires that a person carrying out building work involving the erecti...