Please see our Charges and Fees. If you make a Building Notice application, the total charge includes the fee for all inspections. When building plans are rejected because the time for issuing a decision has elapsed, a re-submitted application should be made with amendments to the plans to ensure compliance with the Regulations. Providing the work is substantially the same as the initial application, no further fee is payable. If this information is not available or is unknown you should be aware that since 1 October , any drains serving more than one property are the responsibility of Anglian Water.
Any proposals to build over or within close proximity to these sewers require consent from the water authority. View more information on the Building and Developing area on the Anglian Water website.
No, although it is prudent to consult them. You may also be required to consult them under the Party Wall Act if you are doing work on or near the party wall or boundary. Boundary disputes are a private matter between neighbours, the Council cannot be party to any such disputes, unless of course they are the landowners involved.
The Council cannot give you any information about the location of boundaries. Some information may be available from the Land Registry about the approximate size of a particular plot, but they are not able to confirm the exact location of boundary lines.
Visit the Land Registry web site. You should plan work so that foundations, walls, roof eaves and gutters do not encroach over boundaries except when this is done by negotiation. Remember that an informal agreement between you and your present neighbour may not be enforceable on any future neighbour. Ensure that you get negotiated agreements properly and formally agreed and any necessary changes made to deeds.
View more information at about Party Wall Act. The local authority do not enforce the Party Wall Act. You may be required to enter into negotiations with your neighbour if you are carrying out work to, on or near the party wall or boundary. You may need the services of a Party Wall Surveyor. Details can be obtained from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
Generally, the design for foundations of a single storey building is the same as that for a two-storey extension.
The important aspects include:. Unless the original foundations were laid within the last 5 years it will be necessary to expose the existing foundation in one or two locations so that the above aspects can be assessed by a structural engineer or the Building Control Surveyor before planning a first-floor extension on an existing single storey part of the building.
The Council may have plans of your original house and may include a drainage layout. It may be possible for the original plans to be extracted from the archives, dependant largely on how old the house is. It cannot be guaranteed that what is shown on any plan is what you will find on site. You will be charged an administration charge for searching for old records. A better way to determine the drainage layout is to either employ a surveyor to investigate or lift manholes in your garden and do your own survey.
Remember there may be surface water as well as foul drains on your property, you must not connect foul water to a surface water system or vice versa. You will also need to remember that other people may have rights of drainage and therefore use of the sewers passing through your land.
You have a right to see plans deposited for any planning application for your house and these may contain drainage plans. Building Control documents that have been submitted, unlike planning documents, are not public records and access is restricted to the owner of the documents.
You have a right to see plans deposited for any planning application for your house at all reasonable hours. The Council cannot recommend any builder. You are advised to get quotations from several builders, preferably by recommendation from friends or neighbours. You should avoid commencement of works until plans deposited under the Full Plans procedure have been approved.
If you choose to start works before a Full Plans application is approved, formal notices must be given and the work you do is done at your own risk until plans are approved. Work which is exempt from control may be commenced once you have obtained any necessary planning consent. When the Council, having made all necessary inspections, are satisfied that the works you have carried out comply with the regulations, they will issue a completion certificate.
When the works you have undertaken are substantially complete you are required to notify the Council so that they can carry out a completion inspection. A completion certificate will be issued following a satisfactory completion inspection. Please contact Customer Services in the first instance. If a Completion Certificate has already been issued, they can provide an additional copy. If a completion inspection has been carried out and all works comply with the Building Regulations, we will issue you with a Completion Certificate.
However, on many occasions, such an inspection may not have been requested. Should this be the case, it will be necessary for you to arrange access for us to carry this out. Subject to the works complying with the Building Regulations, we will issue the Certificate.
An owner may apply in writing to the Council for a regularisation certificate where unauthorised works have commenced on or after the 11th November The Council on receipt of such application may require the applicant to lay open the unauthorised work for inspection, make tests and take samples and require any other reasonable steps to be taken.
A regularisation certificate may be given where the Council has been able to satisfy themselves that the relevant requirements of the Building Regulations have been met. A charge, which is non-refundable, is generally paid on submission of the application.
Complete Regularisation Application Form. No under the Building Regulations, although the height of boundary walls may be restricted under the Town and Country Planning Act. Without appointment, Surveyors are generally out visiting sites between 10am and 3pm and do not take calls whilst driving or on site for safety reasons.
However, they will check for messages later in the day either received on the phone or sent using this form. The customer services team can contact the surveyors during the day, so if you have an emergency do contact the customer services team on It may be possible to get the surveyor to call or to phone you.
Scotland has similar but separate Regulations How can I obtain Building Regulation approval for my building work? What are the advantages of a Full Plans application? There are a number of advantages to using a Full Plans application: The process of preparing the plans allows you to carefully consider your proposals and receive professional advice.
You can see your proposals on plan giving you a clear indication of how they will affect your property and if the works will meet your needs. It will be easier for the builder to prepare an accurate quotation since they will have detailed plans to refer to. It will be easier to explain to your builder what works you are proposing and there will be less room for error and disputes.
The plans will form part of a contract between you and your builder. If you are borrowing money in order to finance your proposals, you may need to have plans to show the bank or building society. You will receive an Approval Notice for the works. If your Contractor builds in accordance with the approved plans, you can be confident of compliance with the Building Regulations.
The plans will form a historical record of the works that have been carried out and can be lodged with the deeds of your property. What types of works are suitable for the Building Notice procedure? What are the advantages of the Building Notice procedure?
What are the disadvantages of the Building Notice Procedure? What is a Competent Persons Scheme? Examples of work that can be undertaken by Competent Persons: installation of cavity or solid wall insulation installation of gas appliances installation or replacement of hot water and heating systems connected to gas appliances installation or replacement of oil-fired boilers, tanks and associated hot water and heating systems installation or replacement of solid fuel burners and associated hot water and heating systems installation of a new circuit within a dwelling replacement windows, doors, or roof lights in dwellings find a complete list of work that can be carried out by a competent person The competency of the skilled installer needs to match the work type that they have been employed to do.
When the work is complete the registered installer should: If you do not use a registered installer, then you will have to make a submission and pay notify us of the work issue you a certificate of compliance with building regulations, this can be issued: directly by themselves through their scheme operator If you do not use a registered installer, then you will have to make a submission and pay a fee to have building control come and inspect the work. How can I ensure that my proposals comply with the Building Regulations?
Am I required to inform my neighbours when I make a building regulation application and do they have the right to object to the proposed works? How long is the application valid for? When can I start work on my proposals? However, if you start works before the Full Plans application has been approved, all works will be at your own risk until the application is approved and you may be required to pull down, alter or remove any works that are subsequently found not to comply with the Regulations What happens if I depart from the approved plans?
Who makes the Building Regulations? Checks are made to see if all the necessary forms, fees and plans have been submitted. The decision notice will indicate the decision, any conditions imposed on the approval or where necessary the functional requirement under which the plans were rejected. What can I do if my plans are rejected? This Regularisation Charge is not refundable whether or not you obtain a "Regularisation Certificate". Email: buildingcontrol bromley. You are here: Home Business Building control Building regulations - a guide.
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Building control Email: buildingcontrol bromley. More in: Building regulations - a guide Building regulations - a guide About the regulations Do I need building regulations approval? What must I do to obtain approval? In a situation where the inspector considers your building work does not comply with the building regulations and there is a refusal to bring it into compliance the inspector will cancel the initial notice.
If no other approved inspector takes on the work, the building control function will automatically be taken on by your local authority. From this point on, your local authority will also have enforcement powers set out above where it considers this necessary.
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