Preparing information for a building control approval application

Publication Year

2025

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Provides details on what must be submitted to the Building Safety Regulator when applying for building control approval to construct or carry out work on a higher-risk building. Covers: applying for building control approval; how to submit information for the application; details of the person making the application; details of the client, principal designer and principal contractor; building name and location; drawings and plans; proposed work; site and drainage; new buildings constructed in stages; site location plan; building regulations compliance statement; change control plan and making changes; construction control plan; competence declaration; fire and emergency file; fire compliance statement for category B work; mandatory occurrence reporting plan; and partial completion strategy.

Document History

Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/preparing-information-for-a-building-control-approval-application and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 27 March 2025.

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