Building Control Service
Last updated: 01/05/2012
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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
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.
Frequently Asked Questions