Submitting your application
Please describe the work you will be undertaking, avoiding vague terms such as ‘general alterations’.
The total building control fee must be paid shortly after the application is submitted. In most cases we will phone you to take a card payment within a day or two of receiving the application.
Electrical installations and wiring must be designed and installed in accordance with Part P of the building regulations. The simplest method of compliance is to have the electrical work carried out by a person (or firm) that is registered with a Competent Persons Self-Certification Scheme, who will issue certificates of compliance to the owner on completion.
Any structural calculations submitted by a Chartered Structural Engineer may not be subject to checking by the Council.
Please remember to notify us when you commence works.
Your application is valid for three years from the date the Building Notice was given to the local authority or from the date a Full Plans was granted, after which it will automatically lapse if the building work has not commenced.
Associated required documents:
- Where the proposed work includes the erection of a new building or extension, this notice shall be accompanied by a block plan to a scale of not less than 1:1250 showing the following:
- The size and the position of the building, or the building as extended, and its relationship to adjoining boundaries;
- The boundaries of the curtilage of the building, or the building as extended, and the size, position and use of every other building or proposed building within that curtilage;
- The width and position of any street on or within the boundaries of the curtilage of the building or the building as extended;
- The provision to be made for the drainage of the building; • Since 26 December 2022, it has been a requirement of the Building Regulations to submit details of the infrastructure and connectivity for electronic communications for all new dwellings. We will not be able to accept any Building Control applications without an attached connectivity plan.
Please follow the link below which gives more information on the requirements and provides a model connectivity plan at Part A. Approved Document R Volume 1: Physical infrastructure and network connection for new dwellings (publishing.service.gov.uk).