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ArchiChat is a UK Building Regulations assistant focused on helping architects and construction professionals work from current England approved documents. It combines document crawling, controlled admin review, and AI-assisted Q&A.

Responses are grounded in the live approved-document corpus shown below. ArchiChat does not pull regulatory references from external websites outside this approved dataset.

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This list is refreshed weekly and reflects the current live documents used as ArchiChat references. ArchiChat only cites from these live documents.

Document nameLinkDate published
Approved Document 7: Materials and Workmanshiphttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5cf8d74fe5274a5f115e8778/AD_Regulation_7.pdf6 Jun 2019
Approved Document A: Structurehttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a80437640f0b623026927b2/BR_PDF_AD_A_2013.pdf21 May 2015
Approved Document B: Volume 1 Dwellingshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67d2bb074702aacd2251cb94/Approved_Document_B_volume_1_Dwellings_2019_edition_incorporating_2020_2022_and_2025_amendments_collated_with_2026_and_2029_amendments.pdf13 Mar 2025
Approved Document B: Volume 2 Buildings Other Than Dwellingshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67d17064a005e6f9841a1d50/Approved_Document_B_volume_2_Buildings_other_than_Dwellings_2019_edition_incorporating_2020_2022_and_2025_amendments_collated_with_2026_and_2029_amendments.pdf12 Mar 2025
Approved Document C: Site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisturehttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a8192a0e5274a2e8ab54b5f/BR_PDF_AD_C_2013.pdf3 Jun 2015
Approved Document D: Toxic Substanceshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a80eaa440f0b623026963ae/ADD_LOCKED.pdf16 Oct 2015
Approved Document E: Resistance to the Passage of Soundhttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a809c4fe5274a2e87dbacb9/ADE_LOCKED.pdf16 Oct 2015
Approved Document F: Ventilation Volume 1 Dwellingshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/61deba42d3bf7f054fcc243d/ADF1.pdf12 Jan 2022
Approved Document F: Ventilation Volume 2 Buildings other than dwellingshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62a761edd3bf7f03667c667e/ADF2_revised.pdf13 Jun 2022
Approved Document G: Sanitation, hot water safety and water efficiencyhttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66f6c6ce3b919067bb4828cc/ADG_with_2024_amendments.pdf27 Sept 2024
Approved Document H: Drainage and Waste Disposalhttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a80cf9ded915d74e33fc8ae/BR_PDF_AD_H_2015.pdf7 Jul 2015
Approved Document J: Combustion appliances and fuel storage systemshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6336e58be90e0772dc9651a2/ADJ_2022.pdf30 Sept 2022
Approved Document K: Protection from falling, collision and impacthttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60d5bdcde90e07716f516cfd/Approved_Document_K.pdf25 Jun 2021
Approved Document L: Volume 1 Dwellingshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/662a2e3e55e1582b6ca7e592/Approved_Document_L__Conservation_of_fuel_and_power__Volume_1_Dwellings__2021_edition_incorporating_2023_amendments.pdf25 Apr 2024
Approved Document L: Volume 2 Buildings Other Than Dwellingshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63d8edbde90e0773d8af2c98/Approved_Document_L__Conservation_of_fuel_and_power__Volume_2_Buildings_other_than_dwellings__2021_edition_incorporating_2023_amendments.pdf31 Jan 2023
Approved Document M: Access to and Use of Buildings Volume 1 Dwellingshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7f8a82ed915d74e622b17b/BR_PDF_AD_M1_2015_with_2016_amendments_V3.pdf23 Nov 2016
Approved Document M: Volume 2 Buildings Other Than Dwellingshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66f6c5eec71e42688b65ee11/ADM__V2_with_2024_amendments.pdf27 Sept 2024
Approved Document O: Overheatinghttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6218c5aad3bf7f4f0b29b624/ADO.pdf25 Feb 2022
Approved Document P: Electrical Safety – Dwellingshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a802da7ed915d74e622ceed/BR_PDF_AD_P_2013.pdf3 Jul 2015
Approved Document Q: Security – Dwellingshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a8016a8ed915d74e622c659/BR_PDF_AD_Q_2015.pdf24 Nov 2016
Approved Document R: Infrastructure for electronic communicationshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/637f356ee90e072342b82d4e/ADR1.pdf24 Nov 2022
Approved Document R: Infrastructure for electronic communications Volume 2: Physical infrastructure for high-speed electronic communications networkshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/637f357ad3bf7f154043fe68/ADR2.pdf24 Nov 2022
Approved Document S: Infrastructure for the charging of electric vehicleshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6218c5d38fa8f54911e22263/AD_S.pdf25 Feb 2022
Approved Document T: Toilet Accommodationhttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6901feb971b575684c3cf7c4/ADT_2024_rev16Jun25.pdf29 Oct 2025
Manual to the Building Regulations: A Code of Practice for Use in Englandhttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64a59267c531eb000c64ff12/Manual_to_building_regs_-_July_2020.pdf5 Jul 2023