Building Control Service

Breckland Council Building Control Team are committed to providing you with the best possible service.
The Building Regulations are designed to provide for the Health and Safety of Persons in and around buildings, Energy Conservation and Access for All.

Helping you to gain a Building Regulation approval and satisfactory Completion Certificate is the team's primary aim and accounts for approximately 90% of our time, with the other 10% ensuring other statutory and non statutory functions are delivered, such as:-

Dangerous Structures
Demolitions
Administration of the Approved Inspectors Regulations
Providing information as part of Local Land Charge Searches
Pursuit and Resolution of unauthorised building works
General advice to the public
Working with Local Access Groups

Our service pledge to you

We welcome pre-application discussions
We will be pleased to include other Breckland or outside services in application meetings, i.e. Planning, Environmental Health, Fire Service.
With larger projects we will be pleased to pull a full Development Team together to smooth the path to a satisfactory completion.
We will acknowledge application registrations with a receipt and a Building Control Surveyors contact name within 4 working days.
We will check your application within 3 weeks.
We will visit your site the same day providing requests are received before 10.30 a.m.
We will issue Completion Certificates within 5 working days following a satisfactory completion inspection.

Have your say on our Service Delivery

With your Completion Certificate we will enclose a customer satisfaction survey questionnaire, please take the time to complete and return, we welcome your feedback and your comments will help us to improve our service in the future.

Building Control Newsletter

Please click on the link below for the Building Control Newsletter

Building Control Newslettter Autumn 2008 (PDF document)

The Future

We will retain your records for future reference when using Local Authority Building Control Services

Making an electronic submission

Submit-a-Plan enables anyone, with access to the web, to submit Building Control applications electronically to local authorities across the country free of charge.

The five main benefits are

1. Free of charge to use

2. Open 24 hours a day 7 days a week

3 No printing or postage required

4 To register and submit applications is simple

5 Application progress can be tracked on line

To submit your Building Regulations application on line visit

www.submit-a-plan.com

LABC New Home Warranty

LABC New Home Warranty (LABC NHW), together with LABC, can provide developers and self builders with a complete range of developer services to support build programmes from start to finish, from warranties, right through to sale with the Home Information Pack service. The synergies of providing these services under one roof allows them to pass significant cost savings on to you. Services available include:

10 year Structural Warranties

Code for Sustainable Homes Assessments

EPC, PEA and accredited SAP Assessments

SBEM Assessments

Acoustic Testing

Air Pressure Testing

Home Information Packs

To find out more or obtain a quotation, please contact the LABC New Home Warranty Team at:

Tel: 08450540505

Web: www.labcnhw.co.uk

Email: enquiries@labcnhw.co.uk

LABC New Home Warranty

This caters for speculative developers and builders covering conversions, new build and mixed use developments. The product recognises and rewards quality projects with competitive premiums and market-leading terms. Service and support is fast and seamless because of MDIS's experienced, dedicated customer service team.

LABC Social Housing Warranty

A competitive tailored solution covering shared-ownership, rented or key worker accommodation projects. Quality is rewarded with the same advantages given to speculative developers. Cover can be provided for either a 10 or 12 year period.

LABC Self Build Warranty

Designed specifically for individuals building their own homes - both new build and conversions - to provide peace of mind. Quality is rewarded through competitive premiums and excellent service based on MDIS's extensive experience of self build projects.

How to get a quotation

Either telephone 0845 054 0505, e-mail enquiries@labcnewhomewarranty.co.uk or download an application form from www.labcnewhomewarranty.co.uk

LABC Latent Gold Commercial Buildings Defects Guarantee

LABC Latent Gold is a structural defects insurance for commercial buildings up to £15 million in value and by arrangement for buildings valued over £15 million. It is delivered by LABC via Local Authority Building Control departments in partnership with Oval Insurance Broking, with Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty (Allianz) as underwriters.

LABC Latent Gold provides a low cost way to avoid the high risks and legal complexities associated with collateral warranties.

Most commercial properties are covered - offices, hotels, restaurants, factories, warehouses, surgeries, schools, shops, sports stadiums and many more.

Developers, owners, tenants and other users/occupiers are all insured.

The combined cost of LABC Building Control and LABC Latent Gold will almost always be less than is obtainable from any other provider.

To find out more or obtain a quotation, please contact the LABC Latent Gold Team at

LABC Latent Gold Enquiries

Oval Insurance Broking Ltd

Tel: 0845 0753530

Email: enquiries@labclatentgold.co.uk

Web: www.labclatentgold.co.uk