The Building Regulations 2010

means a physical point, located inside or outside the building, accessible to undertakings providing or authorised to provide public communications networks, where connection to the high-speed ready in-building physical infrastructure, or as the case requires the gigabit-ready physical infrastructure, is made available;

has the meaning in given in section 72 of the Building Safety Act 2022;

includes horticulture, fruit growing, the growing of plants for seed and fish farming.

means a notice given under section 51A of the Act;

means—

means an application for building control approval in accordance with regulations 12(2)(b) and 14;

means plans which were part of or accompanied the application for building control approval with full plans of the building work and which was granted building control approval, or plans approved under a requirement imposed on such an approval;

means an energy performance indicator determined from the amount of energy estimated to meet the different needs associated with a standardised use of the building;

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

means the building as a whole or parts of it that have been designed or altered to be used separately;

has the meaning given by paragraph 1B of Schedule 1 to the Act;

has the meaning given in section 121A of the Act;

means information in the client’s possession or which is reasonably obtainable by or on behalf of the client, which is relevant to the building work or the design work, including information about— (a) the work;

means a notice given in accordance with regulations 12(2)(a) and 13;

has the meaning given in regulation 3(1);

means a trade, business or other undertaking (whether for profit or not);

means a safe, unobstructed route from the power supply to the envisaged electric vehicle charge point location, for electrical cabling to be installed in the future;

means a shelter for one or more vehicles that— (a) has a roof;

means any person for whom a project is carried out;

means simultaneous generation in one process of thermal energy and one or both of the following—

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

has the meaning given in regulation 39(1) of the Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025;

means— (a) a building which is to be constructed on the same foundation plinth or podium as any other building or structure;

means the cost of upgrades needed to the electricity system in order to accommodate an electric vehicle charge point, excluding the cost of any building work or the cost of the electric vehicle charge point itself;

means the period beginning when any building work on a project starts and ending when that project is completed;

means any person (including a client, but not a domestic client) who, in the course of a business, carries out, manages or controls any building work;

means a service or fitting in relation to which Part G, H, J, L or P of Schedule 1 imposes a requirement;

means one or more parking spaces which are situated beneath a roof, but it does not include a carport or a residential garage;

means the Crown Estate Commissioners, a Minister of the Crown, a government department, any other person or body whose functions are performed on behalf of the Crown (not being a person whose functions are performed on behalf of Her Majesty in her private capacity), or a person acting in right of the Duchy of Lancaster or the Duchy of Cornwall;

means a building in which there is a Crown interest or a Duchy interest;

means an interest belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown, or belonging to a Government Department, or held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department;

means any period of 24 hours commencing at midnight and excludes any Saturday, Sunday, Bank holiday or public holiday;

includes drawings, design details, specifications and bills of quantities (including specification of articles or substances) relating to a building, and calculations prepared for a design;

means any period during which design work is carried out for a project and may continue during the construction phase;

means design of any building work;

means any person (including a client, contractor or other person referred to in Part 2A of these Regulations) who in the course of a business— (a) carries out any design work, or (b) arranges for, or instructs, any person under their control to do so;

has the same meaning as in section 55 of the TCPA 1990;

means the distribution of thermal energy in the form of steam, hot water or chilled liquids, from a central source of production through a network of multiple buildings or sites, for the use of space or process heating or cooling;

means a client for whom a project is being carried out which is not in the course or furtherance of a business of that client;

means an interest belonging to her Majesty in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, or belonging to the Duchy of Cornwall;

includes a dwelling-house and a flat;

means buildings which fall within paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of section 4(1) of the Act.

means a vehicle that is capable of being propelled by electrical power derived from a storage battery;

means a device intended for charging a vehicle that is capable of being propelled by electrical power derived from a storage battery (or for discharging electricity stored in such a vehicle);

means fixed electrical cables or fixed electrical equipment located on the consumer's side of the electricity supply meter;

means an individual who is a member of an accreditation scheme approved by the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 22 (accreditation schemes) of the Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012;... • “energy performance certificate” means a certificate which complies with the requirements of regulation 9 (energy performance certificates) or 9A (energy performance certificates in respect of excluded buildings) of the Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012;”;

means the requirements of regulations 23, 25A, 25B 26, 26A, 26B,26A, 26C, 28..., 40 and 4340 and 40A, and Part L of Schedule 1;

means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely wind, solar, aerothermal, geothermal, hydrothermal and ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases;

means a certificate which complies with the requirements of regulation 9 (energy performance certificates) or 9A (energy performance certificates in respect of excluded buildings) of the Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012;”;

means the calculated or measured amount of energy needed to meet the energy demand associated with a typical use of the building, which includes, inter alia, energy used for heating, cooling, ventilation, hot water and lighting;

has the same meaning as in article 25 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

has the meaning given in the Schedule to The Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) (No. 2) Order 2009 • “exempt person” has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

means voltage not exceeding— (a) in relation to alternating current, 50 volts between conductors and earth;

means the space heating and cooling requirements per square metre of floor area of a new dwelling;

means a certificate given under section 51 of the Act;

means information relating to the design and construction of the building or extension, and the services, fittings and equipment provided in or in connection with the building or extension which will assist the responsible person to operate and maintain the building or extension with reasonable safety;

means any part of, or any controls associated with— (a) fixed internal or external lighting systems (but not including emergency escape lighting or specialist process lighting);

means separate and self-contained premises constructed or adapted for use for residential purposes and forming part of a building from some other part of which it is divided horizontally;

means the aggregate area of every floor in a building or extension, calculated by reference to the finished internal faces of the walls enclosing the area, or if at any point there is no such wall, by reference to the outermost edge of the floor;

has the meaning given in section 203(3) of the Highways Act 1980;... • “private street” has the meaning given in section 203(2) of the Highways Act 1980...;

means an electronic communications network that is capable of delivering broadband access services at download speeds of at least 1,000 Mbps;

means a public electronic communications network that is a gigabit-capable electronic communications network;

means physical infrastructure or installations, including elements under joint ownership, intended to host wired or wireless gigabit-capable public electronic communications networks;

means the obligations to provide an energy performance certificate in section 12 of the Energy Act 2011 and Part 7 of the Green Deal Framework Regulations;

means the Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012;

has the meaning given in section 1 of the Energy Act 2011.

has the meaning given in section 12(5)(b) of the Energy Act 2011;

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

means a machine, a device or installation that transfers heat from natural surroundings such as air, water or ground to buildings or industrial applications by reversing the natural flow of heat such that it flows from a lower to a higher temperature.

means the height of the building measured from the mean level of the ground adjoining the outside of the external walls of the building to the level of half the vertical height of the roof of the building, or to the top of the walls or of the parapet, if any, whichever is the higher;

means an electronic communications network which is capable of delivering broadband access services at speeds of at least 30 Mbps;

means a public electronic communications network that is a high-speed electronic communications network;

means in-building physical infrastructure intended to host elements, or enable delivery, of high-speed electronic communications networks;

has the meaning given in regulation 3 of the Building Safety (Description of Higher-Risk Building) (Design and Construction Phase) (Wales) Regulations 2023;

means any work relating to higher-risk building or a proposed higher-risk building, including— (a) any work relating to a building that is not a higher-risk building that causes it to become such a building, and (b) any work relating to a higher-risk building that causes it to cease to be such a building. • “independent access” means, in relation to a part of a building (including any extension to that building), a route of access to that part which does not require the user to pass through any other part of the building;

means physical infrastructure or installations at the end-user’s location, including elements under joint ownership, intended to host wired or wireless access networks, where such access networks are capable of delivering electronic communications services and connecting the building access point with the network termination point;

means, in relation to a part of a building (including any extension to that building), a route of access to that part which does not require the user to pass through any other part of the building;

means a notice given under section 47 of the Act;

means an institution (whether described as a hospital, home, school or other similar establishment) which is used as living accommodation for, or for the treatment, care or maintenance of persons— (a) suffering from disabilities due to illness or old age or other physical or mental incapacity, or (b) under the age of 18, where such persons sleep on the premises;

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

means voltage not exceeding— (a) in relation to alternating current, 1000 volts between conductors or 600 volts between conductors and earth;

means the renovation of a building where more than 25% of the surface area of the building envelope undergoes renovation;

means works at the end-user’s location encompassing structural modifications of the entire in-building physical infrastructure, or of a significant part of it;

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

has the meaning given in regulation 3(2);

has the meaning given in regulation 5;

means the use for the generation of electricity or the production of heat or cooling of any plant (which for this purpose includes any equipment, apparatus or appliance) which, in generating electricity or (as the case may be) producing heat or cooling, relies wholly or mainly on a source of energy or a technology mentioned in section 26(2) of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006;

means a building which contains— (a) one or more dwellings;

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

means a building that has a very high energy performance, as determined in accordance with a methodology approved under regulation 24, where the nearly zero or very low amount of energy required should be covered to a very significant extent by energy from renewable sources, including energy from renewable sources produced on-site or nearby;

means a physical point at which an occupier is provided with access to high-speed electronic communications networks. • “public electronic communications network” and “public electronic communications service” have the meanings given by section 151(1) of the Communications Act 2003.

includes, except in Parts 6 and 7, a dwelling that is formed by a material change of use of a building within the meaning of regulation 5(a), (b) or (g);

means an energy performance indicator determined from the amount of energy consumed during the occupation of a building over a period of time and the energy demand associated with a typical use of the building over that period.

means an optional requirement as described in regulation 4(1A)(b) or in regulation 36(2)(b);

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

means appropriate management policies, procedures, systems and resources to ensure—

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

has the meaning given in regulation 11(2) of the BSL Regulations;

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Green Deal Framework Regulations;

has the meaning given in section 336(1) (interpretation) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

means the contractor appointed under regulation 11D (principal designer and principal contractor) to perform the duties of a principal contractor under these Regulations;

means the designer appointed under regulation 11D (principal designer and principal contractor) to perform the duties of a principal designer under these Regulations;

means an approval given or deemed to be given following a prior approval application;

has the meaning given in section 69A(2) of TCPA 1990;

has the meaning given in section 203(2) of the Highways Act 1980...;

means a project which includes or is intended to include any building work and includes all planning work, design work, management or other work involved in a project until the end of the construction phase;

means a building consisting of or containing— but a building is not to be treated as a place of public resort because it is, or it contains, a shop, storehouse or warehouse, or is a dwelling to which members of the public are occasionally admitted.

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

means BS EN 13501-1:2018 entitled “Fire classification of construction products and building elements.

has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).

means— (a) in cases where the regulator is the building control authority by virtue of section 91ZB of the Act (the regulator: building control authority for other work), the regulator;

means a building with a storey (not including roof-top plant areas or any storey consisting exclusively of plant rooms) at least 18 metres above ground level and which—

means—

means any day excluding Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday in England and Wales under section 1 of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971;

means any panel or sheet, having a thickness of no more than 10mm, which is comprised of a number of layers— and for these purposes a substantial layer is one which is at least 1mm thick or has a mass per unit area of at least 1kg per m²;

means any of the following applicable requirements of Schedule 1, namely— • Part A (structure) • paragraph B1 (means of warning and escape) • paragraph B3 (internal fire spread—structure) • paragraph B4 (external fire spread) • paragraph B5 (access and facilities for the fire service) • Part M (access to and use of buildings). • Part T (Toilet Accommodation)

means, to the extent relevant to the building work or design work in question, the requirements of regulations 4, 6, 7, 8, 22, 23, 25B, 26, 26A, 27B, 28, 36, 41(2)(a), 42(2)(a), 43(2)(a), 44A, 44ZA, 44ZC and 44D to 44I and Schedule 1.

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

has the meaning given in regulation 11(2) of the BSL Regulations;

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

means a structure with at least three enclosed sides and a roof for housing one or more vehicles, for the sole use of the occupant of, or a visitor to, a single dwelling;

has the meaning given by article 3 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

means—

means a room, or a suite of rooms, which is not a dwelling-house or a flat and which is used by one or more persons to live and sleep and includes a room in a hostel, an hotel, a boarding house, a hall of residence or a residential home, but does not include a room in a hospital, or other similar establishment, used for patient accommodation;

means—

includes premises— (a) used for the sale to members of the public of food or drink for consumption on or off the premises, (b) used for retail sales by auction to members of the public, (c) used by members of the public as a barber or hairdresser, or for the hiring of any item, and (d) where members of the public may take goods for repair or other treatment;

means water which would be regarded as wholesome for the purposes of regulations made under section 67 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (standards of wholesomeness) as they apply for the purposes of Part G of Schedule 1 in accordance with paragraph (5) but for the presence of sodium in excess of the level specified in those regulations if it is caused by a water softener or water softening process which reduces the concentrations of calcium and magnesium;

means a device attached to the external surface of an external wall for reducing heat gain within a building by shading or deflecting sunlight.

means a person fulfilling the duties of the principal contractor by virtue of regulation 11D(6);

means a person fulfilling the duties of the principal designer by virtue of regulation 11D(7);

means— ((a)) within a room containing a bath or shower, the space surrounding a bath tap or shower head, where the space extends— ((i)) vertically from the finished floor level to— ((aa)) a height of 2.25 metres;

means specifications used for the calculation of the fabric performance values.

means—

means the provider of a public electronic communications network whom the developer reasonably considers to be likely to be able to provide the connection referred to.

means a system that produces electricity and has a direct electrical connection to the building in question. • “TCPA 1990” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;

means the Building (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009;

means the Building Act 1984;

means the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.

means a wall, floor or roof (but does not include windows, doors, roof windows or roof-lights) which separates a thermally conditioned part of the building (“the conditioned space”) from— and includes all parts of the element between the surface bounding the conditioned space and the external environment or other part of the building as the case may be.

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations;

has the meaning given in the BSL Regulations. •...

means a vehicle that is intended or adapted for use on roads.