Our Building Control Service is here to help you build with confidence. Whether you're planning a home extension, a commercial development, or internal alterations, we ensure your project complies with national building regulations and is safe, sustainable, and fit for purpose.
We offer a professional, customer-focused service that supports you from the design stage through to completion. Our experienced surveyors provide expert advice, timely inspections, and practical solutions tailored to your needs.
Benefits of our services includes:
- Free pre-application advice
- Competative rates for building control application
- Rapid processing of application, in some cases you may be able to start immediatly subject to legal notices
- Friendly, practical advice
- Ensuring high quality service by providing independent checks at key stages of your building project
You can come to us for help with:
- Building new homes
- Alterations and extensions
- Garage and loft conversions
- Shop and office fit-outs
- Demolitions
We have an experienced and professional team, we have achieved BSI UKAS quality management accredication to ensure compliance and procedures are supported by our umbrella organisation the Local Authority Building Control (LABC).
Our customer charter
Our customer charter explains what you can expect from us at every stage of your works.
Building regulation matters
We will:
- offer a free pre-application consultancy service, providing specialist advice on all Building Regulation design aspects for our customers
- acknowledge receipt of all Building Regulations applications within five working days
- aim to carry out an initial technical appraisal of all ‘application for building control approval with full plans’ Building Regulations applications within 15 working days
- determine all ‘application for building control approval with full plans’ Building Regulations applications within the statutory time limits of five weeks (or two months, with agreement)
- provide a prompt and efficient service for inspections of work in progress which can be programmed to customer requirements
- carry out a same-day site inspection service, if notified before 9:30am that day
- aim to inspect the same day, regardless of when notified, if circumstances permit
- issue completion certificates/fire safety certificates on all satisfactorily completed projects, within five working days of inspection
Public safety matters
We will:
- offer a 24 hour, 365 day emergency service on all dangerous buildings and structures reported to the council
- carry out an initial assessment of all reported dangerous structures within two hours