In the United Kingdom, building control is the process of ensuring that the construction and alteration of buildings meet the standards set out in the Building Regulations. The Building Regulations are legal requirements that apply to most building work in the UK and cover issues such as structural stability, fire safety, and energy efficiency.
When building control is typically carried out by local authorities, although there are also private building control companies, our concern is to provide this service. If you are planning to carry out building work, you will typically need to submit plans and other information to the relevant building control body for approval before work can begin, and we do this in our first major step. Then the building control body will assess the plans to ensure that they comply with the building regulations and may carry out inspections during the construction process to ensure that the work is being carried out in accordance with the approved plans.
It is important to note that building control is separate from planning permission, and sometimes it is seen that people are perplexed with both subjects, which are the process of obtaining permission from the local authority to carry out building work. We help, so you may need to obtain both building control approval and planning permission before you can begin building work. Finally, our main aim in building control in the UK is to ensure that buildings are safe, fit for purpose, and meet the standards set out in the Building Regulations.