Department of Building Control

The Department of Building Control is responsible for ensuring high standards in construction work, protecting the health and safety of people in or about buildings and making sure that the requirements of people with disabilities are met.

The department controls building work on all types of buildings in accordance with the Building Regulations.

We are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to respond to reports of dangerous buildings and structures.

Application forms

• Application forms 

Charge calculator

• Charge Calculator 

Building Control Department

• About the Building Control Department
• Newsletters and leaflets

Planning Portal - Building Control information

• Frequently asked questions - common projects
• Important: Meeting the requirements of the Building Regulations is the responsibility of the person carrying out the building work and, if they are not the same person, the owner of the building see:
  Your responsibilities - building regulations

Website links

• Submit a Plan Registering with Submit-a-Plan.com enables you to send your Building Control Applications to participating Building Control Services electronically
  Useful Links - list of websites with useful building control information

Planning

• Building Control
• Current Applications
• Weekly Planning Applications
• Planning Decisions
• Planning Appeals
• Planning Enforcements
• Weekly Tree Applications
• Tree Decisions
• Conservation Areas
• Listed Buildings
• Unitary Development Plan
• Supplementary Planning Guidance
• Local Development Framework
• Shopping Survey
• Application Forms
• Planning Portal
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