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If you are intending to carry out building work on a property, it is likely that you will need Building Regulations consent.

The primary function of the Council's Building Control service is to make sure that buildings are properly designed and constructed so as to ensure the health, safety, welfare and convenience of people using them.
The system of Building Control has evolved (see History of Building Control) over hundreds of years of experience of buildings that are either dangerous or a health risk to the occupants, or are unacceptably inaccessible for disabled people or are otherwise environmentally unfriendly.

It is the responsibility of the Council's Building Control service therefore to apply the current requirements for the design of buildings through national standards known as Building Regulations.

If you are intending therefore to either erect, alter or extend a building (see Work to which the Building Regulations apply), you will need to make sure that the work is done in accordance with these regulations. The regulations apply to all scales of development, from simple domestic work up to multi-million pound projects. It should be noted that you may also need Planning Permission (see Planning) for the work, but even if you have been granted this, this does not mean that you have obtained Building Regulations consent as well. The two are separate processes and need to be applied for independently. For a general outline relating to the need for Building Regulations consent and Planning Permission in respect of work to, or in conncetion with, domestic buildings, go to Domestic buildings.

In order to assist householders in determining whether or not any building work they are intending to carry out requires either of Building Regulations consent or Planning Permission, or both, we operate a Pre-application Enquiry service. This provides the householder with a written notification of which consents are required.

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