Site Inspections

I have Building Regulation Approval and I am ready to start work. What happens next?

Either you or your agent will have received an Approval or an Acceptance of the building notice procedure. Upon receipt of this documentation you can then start work on your development.

The Building Control Officer's name and telephone number will be identified on this paperwork.

Upon commencement of the building work you should contact your officer and arrange for the first commencement inspection. During this visit the officer will identify the stages of work that they will need to see.

A good rule of thumb is an inspection should be carried out prior to anything being covered up.

To prevent delays we advise that any requests for inspections are made before 10.00am except weekends and bank holidays, by telephoning or e-mailing your officer. We will endeavour to carry out a same day inspection wherever possible. Timed appointments can be arranged but please remember that if a problem is encountered on site we may be delayed.

Upon completion of the work, you must arrange for a completion inspection. Following a satisfactory completion inspection by a building control officer, a completion certificate can be issued, which will be required for mortgage purposes or in any future sale of the property.

Leaving the completion inspection until the day before exchanging contracts will delay the sale of your property.

If copies of the completion certificate are required they are only released upon receipt of written confirmation an additional payment and two working days' notice.