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If you're planning building work, this is the most thorough way to make sure everything complies with the Building Regulations.

First, we check your detailed plans and drawings before any work begins. Once building starts, we carry out site inspections at key stages to make sure the work is being done safely and correctly.

You’ll need to submit detailed drawings and construction information. Our Registered Building Inspectors will carefully review your plans. If we need anything else, we’ll contact you or your appointed agent.

After reviewing your plans, we’ll issue a decision - either an approval, a conditional approval (certain conditions apply), or a rejection. This usually happens within five weeks, or up to two months if you agree. We aim to respond sooner when we have everything we need.

As the build progresses, we’ll inspect the work on site to ensure it meets the required standards.

Fees

The cost is split into two parts:

• Plan charge – paid when you submit your application
• Inspection charge – invoiced after our first site visit

Once the work is completed satisfactorily, we’ll issue a completion certificate, which confirms, as far as reasonably practicable that the work complies with the requirements of the Building Regulations. This is an important document when selling your property.

If you're planning straightforward building work on your home, a Building Notice is a quicker option.

You can begin work within days after submitting your notice. Unlike a Full Plans application, we won’t check your plans in advance, as none are required - but we’ll inspect the work as it goes along to make sure it meets the Building Regulations.

As long as everything complies, we’ll issue a completion certificate at the end of the project.

Please note: A Building Notice cannot be used for commercial projects or if the work is near or over a public sewer - in those cases, you’ll need to apply through the Full Plans route, as various consultations are required.

Fees

You’ll need to pay the Building Notice fee when you send in your application.

If building work has already been carried out on your home without Building Regulations approval, you may still be able to get it signed off through a process called Regularisation.

This allows us to assess the work after it's been done. We’ll inspect what’s in place and let you know if anything needs to be changed or improved. In some cases, parts of the work may need to be uncovered so we can check how it was carried out. There may also be health and safety implications associated with the work undertaken.

We can only approve work that was carried out on or after 11 November 1985.

If the work complies with the Building Regulations (or is made to comply), we’ll issue a Regularisation Certificate, which can be helpful if you're selling or re-mortgaging your home.

Fees

The fee for a Regularisation application must be paid when you apply and is equal to a standard Building Notice charge plus an extra 50%. No VAT is added.

Building Regulations Application Form

How to make online payment

Please note that an application is not considered to be formally deposited until both application form has been deposited, and payment has been completed.

Please submit your application by e-mailing to buildingcontrol@ceredigion.gov.uk and by arranging payment when submitting your application from the Online Payments page and following these steps:

1. Click Online Payments
2. Click Other
3. Click Building Control
4. Choose which one that is applicable to you
5. Fill in details

Planning Portal - an alternative approach to deposit your Building Regulation application

You may deposit your Building Regulation application for approval using Planning Portal’s online services.

Please Note: There is a cost involved in using Planning Portal, in addition to any fees charged by the Building Control authority.

Planning Portal is the national service for planning and building control applications. It simplifies access to information and services. The platform offers a streamlined and convenient way to submit and manage your application digitally.

There are many benefits of submitting Building Control applications via Planning Portal:

• You can work on your applications in draft before submission
• Immediate delivery and acknowledgement of applications
• Online help functions for completing applications
• Online record of completed applications
• Single sign-on for planning and building control
• The ability to pull across key information from planning applications
• Fully compliant applications, always up to date with latest legislation
• Simple online payment

To create a Building Control application, you will need to firstly sign into the Planning Portal website, or create an account by visiting the Planning Portal's Building Control Portal page.