Sources
Authored by Oliver Wakefield-Smith, Founder of Digital Signet. Working from RIBA Plan of Work 2020, RICS NRM1, BB103/BB104 and ESFA CIF 2026-27 rules.
Every £ figure and regulatory claim on this site carries a margin-cite that deep-links here. The full register, grouped by publisher, with each item's verification date and document type.
How to cite each in a governor pack
Standard governor-pack format: source title, publisher, URL, accessed date. Margin-cite chips on this site already supply the title and the date; the publisher field below completes the citation. Where a source updates annually (CIF, SCA, VAP) re-verify before submission.
Primary source register
DfE Condition Improvement Fund 2025-26 applicants' guideDepartment for Education
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
DfE Condition Improvement Fund (programme page)Department for Education
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
RIBA Plan of Work 2020 OverviewRoyal Institute of British Architects
[professional-standard]Verified 2026-06-24
Building Bulletin 103 - area guidelines for mainstream schoolsDepartment for Education
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
Building Bulletin 104 - SEN and AP area guidelinesDepartment for Education
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
RICS New Rules of Measurement (NRM1)Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
[professional-standard]Verified 2026-06-24
BCIS construction cost dataBuilding Cost Information Service (RICS)
[cost-data]Verified 2026-06-24
School Rebuilding Programme prioritisationDepartment for Education
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
School Rebuilding Programme (collection)Department for Education
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
Gen Zero - DfE specification for net-zero carbon schoolsDepartment for Education
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
£710m Renewal and Retrofit Programme announcementDepartment for Education
[government-news]Verified 2026-06-24
DfE Education Estates Strategy (Feb 2026)Department for Education
[government-strategy]Verified 2026-06-24
Good Estate Management for SchoolsDepartment for Education
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
School Estate Management StandardsDepartment for Education
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
School Condition Allocations 2025-26Department for Education
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
Voluntary Aided School Condition Funding 2025-26Department for Education
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
Extension Architecture - feasibility study architects' feesExtension Architecture
[vendor-published]Verified 2026-06-24
HSG264 Asbestos: The survey guideHealth and Safety Executive
[professional-standard]Verified 2026-06-24
RICS Measured Surveys of Land, Buildings and UtilitiesRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
[professional-standard]Verified 2026-06-24
The Construction PlaybookCabinet Office
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
The Orange Book - risk management principlesHM Treasury
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
Before submitting a planning applicationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
DfE asbestos management in schoolsDepartment for Education
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
CCS Construction Professional Services RM6088Crown Commercial Service
[framework]Verified 2026-06-24
PPN PN 01/25 Procurement Act 2023Cabinet Office
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
Basic Need allocationsDepartment for Education
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
Learning Estate Investment Programme (Scotland)Scottish Government
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
Scottish Local Government Finance settlement (capital block)Scottish Government
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
Sustainable Communities for Learning (Wales)Welsh Government
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
Sustainable Communities for Learning programme guidanceWelsh Government
[government-guidance]Verified 2026-06-24
Last reviewed against CIF 2026-27 round, RIBA POW 2020 and BB103/BB104 on 24 June 2026.