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the giving of a building notice (except for certain types of building – primarily in respect of fire safety issues where a building is used as a workplace or where it may affect a drain
1. Full Plans procedure:
An application deposited under this procedure needs to contain plans and other information showing all construction details, preferably well in advance of when work is to start on site. CNC Building Control will check your plans and consult any appropriate authority (eg. fire and sewerage). They must complete the procedure by issuing you with a decision within five weeks or, if you agree, a maximum of two months from the date of deposit.
If your plans comply with the Building Regulations you will receive a notice stating that they have been approved. If we are not satisfied you may be asked to make amendments or provide more details. Alternatively, a conditional approval may be issued. This will either specify modifications which must be made to the plans; or will specify further plans which must be deposited with us. We will only apply conditions if you have either requested us to do so or have consented to us doing so. A request or consent must be made in writing. If your plans are rejected the reasons will be stated in the notice.
Under the Full Plans procedure a plan charge is payable when the application is deposited. The inspection charge becomes due after the first inspection has been carried out.
2. Building Notice procedure:
This procedure does not involve the passing or rejecting of plans. It therefore avoids the preparation of detailed ‘full plans’, and is designed to enable some types of building work to get under way quickly; although it is perhaps best suited to small work. There are also specific exclusions in the regulations as to when building notices cannot be used. These are for building work which is subject to section I of the Fire Precautions Act 1971 or Part II of the Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997; for work which will be built close to or over the top of rain water and foul drains shown on the ‘map of sewers’ ; and where a new building will front onto a private street. If you decide to use this procedure you need to be confident that the work will comply with the Building Regulations or you will risk having to correct any work you carry out if we request this. In this respect you do not have the protection provided by the approval of ‘full plans’.
Once you have deposited your ‘building notice’ and informed us that you are about to start work, the work will be inspected as it progresses. You will be advised by us if the work does not comply with the Building Regulations. If before the start of work, or while work is in progress, we require further information such as structural design calculations or plans, you must supply the details requested.
Please dowload the appropriate application form on our Application Form and Fees section.
