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For a speedy proactive service involving all building projects, large or small, professional teams or home owner led, you should first contact Local Authority Building Control, remember we're here to help.

Find out how we can help you, there are many benefits to choosing Local Authority Building Control.

Building Regulations are designed to ensure:

  • Health and Safety of Persons in and around buildings 
  • Energy Conservation
  • Access for all
A House

Building Control has the technical knowledge and willingness to assist you to overcome any Building Regulation problem that you may have. We will help to co-ordinate your application with other Local Authority services e.g. planning, highways, environmental health as well as Fire Safety.

Our Building Control Service has the following benefits:

  • Providing free pre-application advice on all building projects
  • Providing a choice of applications - Full Plans or Building Notice
  • Carrying out a programme of targeted site inspections to make sure that the work complies with the regulations
  • Issuing stage or conditional approvals to allow works on-site to progress as quickly as possible. Use our online form to let us know work has started.
  • Our computerised administration and management systems allow us to monitor applications to provide a fast and responsive service
  • We have a wealth of local knowledge and experience
  • Issuing Completion and Fire Safety Completion Certificates

In addition to the above building regulation services, we are also responsible for:

Copies of decision notices and history searches

Copies are available for which a charge is made, please view our Fees and charges.

Have you used the planning and regeneration service recently?

We’d really like to hear your views on the service we provided, as we’re always looking to improve what we do. To help you give us feedback, we’ve set up a short online customer focus survey (this should only take 5 minutes to complete). 

If you’re a regular user of the service, you can also join our customer focus panel, which will feedback on our proposed improvements and changes to the service. Please take the time to complete the survey so we can ensure our services meet your needs.  We look forward to hearing from you.

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Building control

Telephone

0300 1234 151

Email

buildingcontrol@cornwall.gov.uk

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