We welcome preliminary discussions to support customers to meet their responsibilities to comply with building regulations by email or at face to face meetings.
The building control service as the regulator, will not provide design advice. It is the dutyholders responsibility to determine how to ensure compliance and act accordingly. We will signpost and discuss indicative ways in which compliance may be achieved, compliance decisions rest with you. We will undertake any necessary consultations with other in-house services or external organisations, if required.
Relevant issues will be highlighted in order for both strategic and detailed matters to be addressed at the earliest possible stage.
Do I need building regulations approval?
You need building regulation permission when:
- You erect or extend a building
- You materially alter a building e.g. carry out structural alterations
- You extend or alter a controlled service within a building e.g. install a new heating boiler
- You want to change the building's fundamental use
- You carry out work or renovate a thermal element
View the Planning Portals interactive house to see if you need to apply. Interactive house guide