Department of the Environment: Directorate of Construction Industries, Building Regulations...

This series consists of registered files of the Building Regulations Administrative Division.

The files deal with legislation and regulations in the field of building regulation and control, including fire prevention, proposed new building control legislation on accidents resulting from demolition of buildings; ventilation and design of buildings and appliances, and the design of public conveniences for disabled. The role of the Agrément Board in building regulations is also included.

The series includes some earlier files which were re-registered into the BRA series files from the H8 series: HLG 118

Includes files re-registered from RB file series in WORK 75

The files in this series have been transferred in more than one batch. They are arranged in previous reference order within each accession.

• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2001-2001
• Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
• Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997-2001
• Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970

From 1996 Department of the Environment

Topics

Construction industries

Planning (Land and Property)

The Public Health Act 1961 introduced national building regulations and responsibility for these passed to the Ministry of Public Building and Works in 1964. In 1966 responsibility transferred to Housing Division H8 in the Ministry of Housing and Local Government; and then in 1973 to the Building Regulations Administrative Division, within the Department of the Environment.