The Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025
Source: legislation.gov.uk (2025-10-06)

These Regulations amend the Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/110) (“the RBCA Regulations”) and the Building Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2214) (“the 2010 Regulations”) as they apply in relation to England.

This Statutory Instrument has been made in part in consequence of defects in S.I. 2010/2214 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/2214\") and S.I. 2024/11 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2024/11\") and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.

Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 1017

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025

Made

at 12.16 p.m. on 15th September 2025

Laid before Parliament

at 4.00 p.m. on 15th September 2025

Coming into force

7th October 2025

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), 47(2), 52(3) and 58Z5 of, and paragraphs 1A, 1D and 1F of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984(1 (\"#f00001\")).

In accordance with section 120B(3) of the Building Act 1984, the Secretary of State has consulted the regulator (which has the meaning given in section 126 of the Building Act 1984) and such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

Citation, commencement, extent, application and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Building Regulations etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2025.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 7th October 2025.

(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and apply in England only.

(4) In these Regulations—

“the 2010 Regulations” means the Building Regulations 2010(2 (\"#f00002\"));

“the RBCA Regulations” means the Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024(3 (\"#f00003\")).

Amendment of the RBCA Regulations

2. The RBCA Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 7.

Amendment to regulation 18

3. In regulation 18 (compliance declarations) at the end of paragraph 18(e) substitute the full stop for a comma and insert—

“and if for any reason the client is unable to include a statement under this paragraph for a person mentioned in this paragraph, the client must include a statement giving the reasons why that person’s statement has not been included.”.

Insertion of regulation 22A

4. After regulation 22 (local authority powers in relation to partially completed works) insert—

Completion notices

22A.—(1) A person carrying out building work in circumstances where regulation 22(1) applies must, not more than 5 days after that work has been completed, give the relevant authority a notice which complies with paragraph (2).

(2) The notice under paragraph (1) must include—

(a)the name, address, telephone number and (if available) email address of the client;

(b)the name, address, telephone number and (if available) email address of the principal contractor (or sole contractor) and principal designer (or sole or lead designer);

(c)a statement that the building work is complete;

(d)a statement, signed by the client, confirming that to the best of the client’s knowledge the work complies with all applicable requirements of the building regulations;

(e)subject to paragraph (3), a statement, given by each principal contractor (or sole contractor) for the work and each principal designer (or sole designer) for the work, signed by the person to which the declaration relates which includes—

(i)the name, address, telephone number and (if available) email address of that person;

(ii)the dates of their appointment, and

(iii)confirmation—

(aa)in the case of a principal contractor (or sole contractor), that they fulfilled their duties as principal contractor under Part 2A (dutyholders and competence) of these Regulations;

(bb)in the case of a principal designer (or sole designer), that they fulfilled their duties as principal designer under Part 2A (dutyholders and competence) of these Regulations.

(3) If for any reason the person carrying out building work is unable to include statement for a person mentioned under paragraph (2)(e), the person carrying out the building work must include a statement giving the reasons why that person’s statement has not been included.”.

Amendment to regulation 32

5. In regulation 32 (notices to local authorities on disciplinary matters in relation to approvers), after paragraph (3) insert—

“(4) For the purposes of section 58Z5(7) of the 1984 Act, the following cases are prescribed—

(a)any serious contravention notice given to a registered building control approver;

(b)where such a notice is revoked.”.

Amendment to schedule 1

6.—(1) In Schedule 1 (forms), Form 10 is amended as follows.

(2) After paragraph 4 insert—

“5. [(4) confirms it has received notice in accordance with regulation 21 of the Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024 and the contravention has not been remedied within the time period. The contravention is] (6)”.

(3) In the section headed “NOTES” after paragraph (5) insert—

“(6) Delete this statement if it does not apply. If it applies, specify the provision(s) of the building regulations (including the specific requirement) which is contravened.”.

Amendment to Schedule 2

7. In Schedule 2 (grounds for rejecting an initial notice, an amendment notice or plans certificate combined with an initial notice)—

(a)at the beginning of paragraph 13(2)(a) insert “subject to sub-paragraph 3”;

(b)after paragraph 13(2) insert—

“(3) sub-paragraph (2)(a) does not apply if—

(a)the earlier notice has been cancelled by the client or the approver;

(b)the client has received a notice of contravention in accordance with regulation 21(1); and

(c)the client has failed to remedy the contravention in the time specified in regulation 21(3).”.

Amendment of the 2010 Regulations

8. The 2010 Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 9 to 10.

Amendment to regulation 16

9. In regulation 16 (notices in relation to building work)—

(a)at the beginning of paragraph (4A)(e) insert “subject to paragraph (4B),”;

(b) after paragraph (4A) insert—

“(4B) If for any reason a person carrying out building work is unable to include a statement for a person mentioned under paragraph (4A)(e), the person carrying out the building work must include a statement giving the reasons why that person’s statement has not been included.”.

(c)at the beginning of paragraph (5A)(e) insert “subject to sub-paragraph (f),”;

(d)at the end of paragraph (5A) for the full stop substitute a semi-colon and insert—

“(f)if a person carrying out building work is unable to include a statement for a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (e), the person carrying out the building work must include a statement giving reasons why that person’s statement has not been included.”.

Other amendments to the 2010 Regulations

10.—(1) In regulation 17(2) (completion certificates) after “16(4)” insert “of these Regulations or 22A(1) of the Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024”.

(2) In regulation 18A(1)(a) (appeal against refusal to grant certain certificates) after “16(4)” insert “of these Regulations or 22A(1) of the Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024”.

(3) In regulation 18C(1)(a) (appeal to the First-tier Tribunal in relation to certain decisions) after “16(4)” insert “of these Regulations or 22A(1) of the Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024”.

(4) In regulation 41(3)(b)(ii) (sound insulation testing) after “16(4)” insert “of these Regulations or 22A(1) of the Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024”.

(5) In regulation 44ZA(3)(b)(i) (commissioning in respect of a system for on-site electricity generation) after “16(4)” insert “of these Regulations or 22A(1) of the Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024”.

Transitional provisions

11.—(1) The amendments made by regulation 3 do not apply to any case where the notice required by regulation 18 of the RBCA Regulations has been given before the day on which these Regulations into force.

(2) The amendments made by regulations 4, 6, and 7 do not apply in any case where the initial notice has been cancelled before the day on which these Regulations come into force.

(3) The amendments made by regulation 9 do not apply to any case where the notice required by regulation 16(4) or 16(5) of the 2010 Regulation has been given to the relevant authority before the day these Regulations come into force.

(4) In this regulation,“initial notice” and “relevant authority” have the meanings given in regulation 2(1) of the 2010 Regulations.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Samantha Dixon

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

at 12.16 p.m. on 15th September 2025

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Building (Registered Building Control Approvers etc.) (England) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/110 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2024/110\")) (“the RBCA Regulations”) and the Building Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2214 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/2214\")) (“the 2010 Regulations”) as they apply in relation to England.

Regulation 3 amends regulation 18 of the RBCA Regulations to require that, where a client is unable to provide a statement from the principal or sole contractor and/or the principal or sole designer upon completion, the notice must include a statement from the client explaining why such statements have not been provided. Regulation 9 provides for the same to be included in regulation 16 of the 2010 Regulations for completion notices relating to building works supervised by a local authority.

Regulation 4 inserts a new regulation 22A into the RBCA Regulations which sets out the notice requirements on completion for works in which an initial notice has either ceased to be in force or has been cancelled and supervision of the works has reverted to the relevant authority. Regulation 10 makes consequential amendments to the 2010 Regulations to account for the new notice requirement.

Regulation 5 prescribes that where the Building Safety Regulator has given a serious contravention order to a Registered Building Control Approver that they provide copies to each local authority in England.

Regulation 6 amends Form 10 (Notice of Cancellation by Person Carrying out Work) contained in Schedule 1 to the RBCA Regulations. It provides for a declaration to be made where the person completing the form is subject to a serious contravention notice.

Regulation 7 amends paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 of the RBCA Regulations to provide that a new initial notice cannot be given where an earlier initial notice has been cancelled by either the Registered Building Control Approver or the client and at such time the works subject are subject to a contravention notice.

Regulation 11 contains transitional arrangements. The new regulation 22A, the amendments to Form 10 and the changes to paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 do not apply where an initial notice has been cancelled before the day on which these Regulations come into force. The amendments made to the notice requirements in regulation 18 of the RBCA Regulations and regulation 16 of the 2010 Regulations do not apply to notices served before the day on which these Regulations come into force.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

(1)

1984 c. 55 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/55\"). Section 1 was amended by section 1 of the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 (c. 22) (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/22\"). Section 47(2) was amended by paragraph 40(2) of Schedule 5 to the Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30) (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2022/30\"). Section 52(3) was amended by section 50(3) of that Act. Section 58Z5 was inserted by section 42 of that Act. See section 126 for the definition of “prescribed”.

(2)

S.I. 2010/2214 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/2214\") as amended by S.I. 2023/911 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/911\"). There are other amending instruments, but none relevant to this instrument.

(3)

S.I. 2024/110 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2024/110\"), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.