Charnwood Borough Council

Work has been carried out without the statutory notification being given to the Council

The legal requirements for the notification to the Council of certain stages of the building work are outlined at Site Inspections.

If the Council is not notified as required, the Building Control Surveyor may ask that certain parts of the work are cut into to make them visible for inspection. Any erroneous work will then have to be altered.

If the builder refuses to do this, the Council may serve a formal notice under the provisions of the Building Regulations requiring that he does this. If this is not then complied with, a breach of the procedural requirements of the Building Regulations will have occurred in that the person carrying out the work will have failed to give statutory notices to the Council. The Council would be likely to pursue prosecution proceedings against the builder in these circumstances.

In all cases where the Building Control Surveyor has been unable to make necessary inspections due to non-notification and the situation has not been rectified, irrespective of any legal proceeding that may be taken, it is the Council's policy to record the details on the Council's Property Register to reveal to future purchasers during Searches should the property ever be marketed for sale.