Take digital photos

You must take a series of photos for each new home on a development to record their construction.

Anyone can take the photographs but they must be digital with geolocation enabled to confirm the location, date and time of each image.

All photos must be made available to local building control and your SAP assessor.

You must make sure each photo is of sufficient quality and high enough resolution so building features can be checked. Take photos of required details and construction stages and give each one a unique file name.

Find out what photos you need to take using Appendix B of Approved Document L.

Keep up to date

Use the Future Homes Hub to keep up to date with changes to the building regulations and the introduction of the Future Homes Standard.

Use our detailed guides to check what you need to do to meet new regulations.

Find out more

Find all new regulations in the official Approved Documents on GOV.UK:

• Conservation of fuel and power: Approved Document L - ‘Part L’
• Overheating: Approved Document O - ‘Part O’
• Ventilation: Approved Document F - ‘Part F’