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If your application relates to a non-domestic property, you'll need to submit a Full Plans application.

If your application relates to a domestic property, you have a choice of two applications:

  • Full Plans application
  • Building Notice application.

For more information please see our building advice.

For any type of application, we inspect the work at the start, end and at various stages in between to make sure it meets Building Regulation standards.

After you've submitted an application, you must let us know when work starts and when it is completed.

Planning permission

You are advised to check the Planning Portal regarding your proposed works, as you may also need to apply for planning permission.

Building Regulations consent application guidance notes

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Building Regulations consent application fees

There will be a submission fee for both Full Plans and Building Notice applications. There may also be a site inspection fee for Full Plans applications, which is payable when works commence.

To ensure the correct submission fee is paid, you'll receive an email from our Building Control service after you have submitted your application. The email will confirm the payable fee related to your application and advise how you can make payment.

Apply for a Full Plans application

A Full Plans application is the most thorough option and gives you the greatest protection. It's cheaper than submitting a Building Notice. but you will need to include detailed plans of the work you are doing. This includes a location plan of not less than 1:1250 scale, all detailed plans, sections and elevations, incorporating all necessary technical notes, supporting calculations and specifications.

In some categories of work, an invoice for the inspection work will be sent once the work has commenced on site.

The approval is valid for three years, but work can begin as soon as two days after you have submitted your application. However, any work carried out before you have received formal approval must comply with Building Regulations or you risk having to correct it after we have inspected it.

Apply for a Building Notice application

You only need a location plan to a scale of not less than 1:1250 to submit this type of application, not detailed plans. However, you must feel confident that the works comply with Building Regulations or you risk having to correct it after we have inspected it.

Depending on the work, we may also ask you to submit plans and/or calculations at a later stage. You will not receive a formal approval notice, as you would with a Full Plans application.

The Building Notice is valid for three years, but work can begin as soon as two day after you have submitted your application.

Replacement windows and doors application

This application may be used to notify us of your intention to install replacement windows and certain doors.

However, if your contractor is registered with the Fenestration Self Assessment Scheme (FENSA) or other self-certifications scheme, the contractor may certify that the work complies with the relevant regulations and you will not need to notify us.