This form should be completed by the person who intends to carry out building work or their agent.

If you need assistance in completing this form, please contact Building Control.

Step 1 – Upload Files

Please upload ALL relevant Site Plans, other Plans, documents and Calculations. Please upload 5 files at a time.

Step 2 – Application Form

Please complete the following form and use the Online Calculator to calculate the correct fees. After submitting the form you will be taken to the Payments page where you can pay online.

Full Plans Application

Email address for correspondence

Email Address for correspondence *

Applicant's Details

Use Applicant's details as main contact for correspondence *

Yes

No

Name *

Email Address

Phone Number

Address - 1st Line *

Address - Town/City *

Address - Postcode *

Agent's Details - if applicable

Use Agent's Details as main contact for correspondence

Yes

No

Name

Company Name

Email Address

Phone Number

Address - 1st Line

Address - Town/City

Address - Postcode

Builder / Installer's Details - if applicable

Use Builder's Details as main contact for correspondence

Yes

No

Name

Company Name

Email Address

Phone Number

Address - 1st Line

Address - Town/City

Address - Postcode

Location of Building Work

Address - 1st Line *

Address - Town/City *

Address - Postcode *

Use of Building

If the building is a workplace that will be subject to provisions of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 only a Full Plans Application is acceptable.

If new building or extension please state proposed use

If existing building, state present use

Description of Proposed Work

Please give details such as 'Internal alterations to remove internal wall' or 'Single storey extension to form kitchen' *

If window door replacement please state number of units

Conditions/Extensions of time (see note 6)

Do you consent to the plans being passed subject to conditions where appropriate? *

Yes

No

Do you agree to an extension of time should this become necessary? *

Yes

No

Date of Proposed Commencement

Proposed Commencement Start Date *

Domestic Electrical Work

To be completed for all domestic applications that include electrical work. Will a competent electrician, who is registered with a part p self-certifying scheme, carry out the electrical installation?

Will a competent electrician, who is registered with a part p self-certifying scheme, carry out the electrical installation? *

Yes

No

Note 9 Where electrical work is not carried out and registered by an electrician under a part p competent persons scheme an additional fee/application will be required for this work.

Charges

Please use Charges Calculator to determine the correct fees. For fee information please contact 01372 474779

Building Control Charges Calculator

Number of Dwellings (if applicable)

Total Floor Area (if applicable)

Estimated Cost of Work excluding vat (if applicable)

Is the work exempt from Building Regulation Charges? *

Yes

No

Please provide evidence to support this claim. Upload any documents using the Upload button below.

Plan Charge (Including vat) - Use Charges Calculator to estimate Fee. If you are unsure of our charges a member of the team will contact you to confirm the fee payable on submission of your application

Statement

This notice is given in relation to the building work as described, is submitted in accordance with Regulation 12(2)(a) and is accompanied by the appropriate charge. In accordance with Regulation 14(5) I hereby give notice that I require a completion certificate to be provided in accordance with Regulation 17.

I agree with the above statement *

Yes

No

Full Name *

Date *

Next Steps

After submitting this form you will be forwarded to the Payments page where you may pay online if you wish. Use the on-line calculator to work out the fee.

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Security*

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Notes

1. The applicant is the person on whose behalf the work is being carried out, eg the building’s owner.

2. Two copies of this Application Form should be submitted together with site plan, plans and particulars in duplicate in accordance with the provisions of Building Regulation 14.

Where the building is a workplace that will be subject to provisions of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, two further copies of plans, which demonstrate compliance with the requirement, should be deposited.

3. Subject to certain exceptions a Full plans Application attracts charges payable by the person by whom or on behalf of whom the work is to be carried out. Most charges are payable in two stages. The first payment must be accompany this application and the second payment is payable after the first site inspection of work in progress. The second charge is a single payment in respect of the relevant work to cover all site visits and consultations that may be necessary until it is satisfactorily completed.

The appropriate charge is dependent upon the type of work proposed. Tables and methods of calculation are set out in the Guidance Note on Charges, which is available on our website.

4. Subject to certain provisions of the public Health Act 1936, owners and occupiers of premises are entitled to have their private foul and surface water drains and sewers connected to public sewers where available. Special arrangements apply to trade effluent discharge. Persons wishing to make such connections must give not less than 21 days’ notice to the appropriate authority.

5. The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to all premises that are ‘workplaces’ and the common areas of flats and imposes a duty on the ‘responsible person’ to comply with its requirements.

Workplace includes any premises or parts of premises, not being domestic premises, used for the purpose of an employer’s undertaking and which are made available to an employee as a place of work.

6. Section 16 of the Building Act 1984 provides for the passing of plans subject to conditions. The conditions may specify modifications to the deposited plans and/or that further plans shall be deposited.

7. These notes are for general guidance only, particulars regarding the deposit of plans are contained in Regulation 14 of the Building Regulations 2010 and, in respect of charges, in the Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010.

8. Persons proposing to carry out building work or make a material change of use of a building are reminded that permission may be required under the Town and Country planning Acts.

9. Where electrical work is not carried out and registered by an electrician under a part p competent persons scheme an additional fee/application will be required for this work.