Building Regulations for homeowners
Overview
What does building control do?
We offer a number of services and if you have any questions we would be happy to help you answer them.
- Building Control service – We offer a first rate independent Building Control service.
- Investigate and act on reports of dangerous buildings and structures
- Enforcing the Building Regulations - Everybody deserves to live and work in safe and compliant buildings. We protect the residents by ensuring that builders comply with the Building Regulations.
- We also investigate reports of unauthorised building work. If you are concerned about some building work please use our online search function to check if Building Regulations are necessary.
- Demolitions
Building control charges and information
We aim to provide our customers with an excellent Building Control service (with no hidden extras) that represents genuine value for money. You can provide us with a quotation for your project via our homeowners quotation form.
Demolitions
If a demolition needs to take place as part of your building project then you may need planning permission. For information and guidance on whether you need planning permission visit the Planning Portal.
You need to apply for a demolition notice before you start the demolition. For details on how to apply for a demolition notice visit our demolitions page.