Frequently Asked Questions
Registered Building Control Approvers
by Building Control Surveyors Ltd
tel 01992 710 763
1. 0 Can I delegate my Principal Designer duties to others ? - see video below
2.0 Cancellations of Initial Notices.
3.0 Changes to Building Control - - see video below
4.0 Domestic Clients assuming or becoming dutyholders (Principal Designer / Contractor) - - see video below
5.0 Do we approve your plans ? or audit check for compliance ?- - see video below
6.0 Consequences of failing to notify building control at keystages of your work - - see video below
7.0 No design advice from building control - - see video below
6.0 Submitting compliant plans - Risks of using non compliant plans. - see video below
7.0 How long will it take us to check your plans, reports or calculations - see video below
8.0 What the Building Safety Regulator expects from dutyholders who submit designs to building control bodies . - see video below
9.0 The role of building control bodies under the new building regulations - see video below
10.0 What is a DOMESTIC CLIENT - under the building regulations ? - see video below
11.0 Your expected duties as a Principal Designer under the building regulations. - see video below
12.0 What are Declarations of Compliance ? - under the building regulations. - see video below
13.0 Consequences of failing to provide Declarations of Compliance to building control at the end of your project - see video below
14.0 Competency of your appointed Principal Designer - Is a duty of a Client or Domestic Client in the eyes of the law.... Designers and Contractors who by default become Principal Designers or Principal Contractor - see video below
15.0 Plans not showing tree, shrubs or bushes near new building foundations in clay soils..... See video below
16.0 FIRE AUTHORITY Plans from your designers to permit our consultations. When this applies we cannot issue a Final Certificate unless we have consulted with them about your project..... See video below
17.0 PRINCIPAL DESIGNER - by DEFAULT !!! A quick overview of how by default a designer could end up as the Principal Designer by default..... See video below
18.0 DRAINAGE DESIGNS SUBMITTED TO BUILDING CONTROL The competency requirements under the latest building regulations makes Principal Designers responsible for producing compliant drainage designs before work starts ..... See video below
19.0 WHY WE MAY HAVE TO CANCEL OUR INITIAL NOTICE IF NON COMPLIANT BUILDING WORK IS NOT CORRECTED There are occassions when non compliant work is found by building inspectors. This infovideo explains our legal position and what the law requires that we do if the non compliant work is not corrected within a timely manner. See video below.
20.0 OBTAINING OUR FINAL CERTIFICATE ON YOUR COMPLETED WORK There is a struct legal process that takes pace before we can issue a Final Certificate. The process takes a number of weeks to complete after rigourous checks have been carried out on your project. See video below.