Homeowner building regulations application form

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1 Homeowner building regulations application form The Building Act 1984 The Building Regulations (as amended) For office use only Building Regulations Plan Number: This form is for work in connection with domestic alterations and extensions etc and should be completed by the person intending to carry out the work, or their agent. If the form is unfamiliar to you, please read the notes on the reverse or contact our office. Please use block capitals. Your application 1. What type of application are you making? Full Plans Regularisation Certificate 2. Description of the proposed work or change of use Examples: Two-storey extension to side of house, or conversion of a cellar or loft to habitable use, or structural alterations 3. Applicant/homeowner contact details Title: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms First name(s) Surname Address Postcode Telephone Mobile

2 4. Agent contact details (if any) Title: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms First name(s) Surname Address Postcode Telephone Mobile 5. Location of the work the site (if different from applicant/homeowner details) Address Postcode 6. Existing use(s) of the building Dwelling-house(s) Flat(s) 7. Building over/close to public sewers Is there a public sewer within 3m of any extension/detached building, mentioned in this application? Yes No Don t Know 8. Proposed use(s) of the building(s) or extension(s) upon completion of the work or change of use Dwelling-house(s) Flat(s) Ancillary building state use: 9. Extensions/buildings close to landfill Are there any landfill sites within 250m of any extension/detached building, mentioned in this application? Yes No Don t know

3 10. Party Wall Act notification (advisory) Does any work mentioned in this application affect a party wall, party floor, or party fence structure, or will any excavations be carried out within either 3m or 6m of the foundation of an adjacent building? Yes No If YES, then you are advised to obtain Party Wall Act agreements with the affected adjoining owners. 11. About your contractor(s) Will the builder be registered with Trust Mark or are they included in Manchester Building Controls individually determined building notice register? Yes No Will any of the following electrical installations be undertaken? Tick all that apply. New installation Yes No Replacement of a consumer unit Yes No Alterations to existing circuits in a special location Yes No Will a competent electrician carry out the electrical installation(s)? Yes No Is the electrician registered with a Part P competent persons scheme? Yes No If YES to any of the above, please complete the details below. 12. Builder details (if different from agent) Title: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms Not yet known First name Surname Company Telephone Mobile Trade association name No trade association Registration number 13. Electrician details Title: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms Not yet known First name Surname Company Telephone Mobile Trade association name No trade association Registration number

4 Building control charges Please complete this section as fully as possible: Is the work in question exempt from Building Regulations charges? Yes No If YES, please complete the Exemption from charges declaration Section Exemption from charges declaration I/We hereby declare that the whole of the work mentioned in this application is for a disabled person whose permanent residence is/will be (after the work is completed) at the address mentioned at Section 5 above and is for: a. the purpose of providing means of access for a disabled person by way of entrance or exit to or from the dwelling or any part of it, or b. for the purpose of providing accommodation or facilities designed to secure the greater health, safety, welfare or convenience of the disabled person. Signed Note: A charge is required for any work being carried out that is not solely for the benefit of a disabled person. 15. Responsibility for payment of the Full Plans application inspection charge Please confirm who will be responsible for the payment of the inspection charge associated with a Full Plans application and where the Council should send the invoice for this inspection charge to: Title: Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms First name(s) Surname Address Postcode For the purposes of determining the correct charge please complete the relevant fee box(es) below in association with the most up-to-date guidance for Building Control charges in relation to building work to domestic premises. Please include VAT at the standard rate when completing the appropriate charges box. If you are carrying out work that relates to more than one of the charge categories mentioned below, please check with Building Control to see if an individually assessed charge is necessary. Please note that where any electrical work by a Part P registered installer, or electrical work that is not notifiable, is carried out, a reduced inspection charge/building notice charge is payable.

5 16. Extensions Total floor area (m 2 ) Number of storeys in the extension 17. Loft conversions Does any loft conversion involve the construction of a dormer? Yes No 18. Garages or carports Total floor area (m 2 ) 19. Basements/garage conversions Total floor area (m 2 ) 20. Underpinning/renovations * Renovation relates to the alteration of an external wall, roof or a ground/exposed floor 21. Alterations/fittings * Estimate of the cost of work that is separate from the alterations to form an extension 22. Replacement windows * Number of windows * Where the work is carried out at the same time as an extension, a reduction in the charge is available for these categories of work.

6 23. Electrical work (not part P certified) The appropriate charge in relation to any electrical installation work mentioned in section 11: Where an individual assessment of the Building Control charge has already been given, please insert the details in Section 24 below. 24. Individually assessed charge or Regularisation Certificate General information and declarations etc Please read the following carefully, as well as the guidance notes that accompany this form, and then complete the boxes and sign and date the final declaration. 25. Pre-application advice Has assistance or prior advice been sought from Building Control about your scheme? Yes No If YES, please provide the following details: Officer name Any reference given Date of the advice D D M M Y Y Y Y Describe the advice you were given here (eg. charges, construction) 26. This section to be completed for Full Plans applications only In accordance with Section 16(12) of the Building Act 1984 do you agree to the date by which a decision on your plans has to be made, being extended from five weeks to two months from the date the plans are deposited? Signed Print name Yes No In accordance with Sections 16(4) and (5) of the Building Act 1984, do you consent to your plans being approved with such conditions as the Council considers appropriate? Signed Print name Yes No Is the proposed work subject to a Partnering or LABC-type approval? (Refer to notes) Yes No

7 27. This section to be completed for Regularisation Certificate applications only The work to which this application relates started on D D M M Y Y Y Y Has the building been occupied or the work completed? Yes No If YES, please state the date when the building was first occupied or the date when the work was completed D D M M Y Y Y Y 28. Completion or Regularisation Certificate request I/We hereby request that a Completion or Regularisation Certificate be provided upon the satisfactory completion of all the building work to which this application relates. The Certificate should be sent to the: Builder Applicant/Owner Agent This notice is given in relation to the building work described above and is submitted in accordance with the Building Regulations (as amended) and is accompanied by the appropriate charge. I understand that a further charge will normally be payable following the first inspection by the Council in relation to a Full Plans application. Name Signature Date D D M M Y Y Y Y Attention is drawn to the necessity in certain circumstances of obtaining consent under other legislation, and in particular the fact that permission granted under the Building Regulations does not imply the grant of planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act. It is for the applicant to satisfy himself or herself before building commences that all appropriate consents have been given. For Manchester City Council use only Building Control PO Box 532 Town Hall Manchester M60 2LA Tel: Fax: building.control@manchester.gov.uk Website:

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9 Notes Section 1 Place a tick or cross in the relevant box to signify how you want your application to be treated. A Full Plans application will also need to be accompanied by at least two copies of a suitable site location and/or block plan to a suitable scale, as well as existing and proposed plans of the intended work with appropriate specifications and any other pertinent details. Full Plans will be checked and, where satisfactory, an approval or conditional approval will be issued. A is a means of notifying the Council where the work is only minor in nature and/or the work is being carried out by a person who is experienced, competent and skilled to do so. It is not recommended that a be submitted for DIY schemes or, eg. work to form extensions, loft/cellar conversions, changes of use to form flats, substantial structural alterations unless by skilled/experienced contractors. s for extensions/new buildings should be accompanied by a site location plan/block plan to a suitable scale. s cannot be used where it would cause the building to be over, or be within 3m of a public sewer; where the building might include a place of work such as the common parts of apartment buildings; or if it is to be built fronting onto a private street. In these cases a Full Plans application will be required. A Regularisation Certificate application is for work already begun or completed without the Council having been informed in advance, by either submitting a Full Plans or application. This form enables you to make an application retrospectively, but does not remove the Council s ability to prosecute for contraventions of the regulations. Section 2 Describe the nature of the work as fully as possible. Section 3 Provide the details of the applicant/homeowner. We need this information to keep the applicant informed of any developments with their proposals. Section 4 Provide the contact details of the person appointed to act as the agent (if someone is acting in this capacity) who will be dealing with any technical matters relating to the application. This might be an architect, designer or builder. Section 5 If the place where the building work is being carried out is different to the address of the applicant/homeowner, please complete this information. Section 6 This tells the Council what the existing use of the property/part of the property is currently used for. Section 7 Provide confirmation that, when building an extension or detached garage/outbuilding, checks have been made with the sewerage undertaker that the structure is more than 3m away from a public sewer. To determine if a public sewer affects your work, please check the map of sewers. These maps are kept and maintained by the sewerage undertaker, United Utilities PLC. Section 8 This tells the Council whether the work, after it has been carried out, will alter the current use of the building/part of the building. It also tells the Council if a detached building associated with a dwelling such as a garage, garden room, or domestic office/store is to be built within the confines of the site of the dwelling-house or flat(s). Section 9 This tells the Council whether any new extensions or buildings on the site are located close to landfill or contaminated land sites and require additional precautions against any contamination or landfill gas. If you need to know more about contaminated land etc, contact the Council on and ask for the Contaminated Land Group, or visit the Council s website. Section 10 Work on or close to party walls etc is controlled by the Party Wall Act This places a duty on the owner(s) of the building where the work is being carried out to give notice to any affected neighbour(s). You are advised to consider the impact of the Party Wall Act 1996 and serve any appropriate notices. The Council does not enforce the Party Wall Act; it is a civil matter between neighbours. Agents should advise their clients accordingly. Sections 11, 12 and 13 Details of builders satisfying the Government s Trust Mark scheme can be found at Builders on our individually determined building notice register have been assessed on their past performance in relation to compliance with Building Regulation standards and the low frequency of revisits in relation to building regulation work. Only a competent electrician should undertake electrical work. For more information about Part P competent electrical installers visit

10 Section 14 If the work is for a person(s) who is/are registered disabled and in receipt of benefits for a disability/disabilities and the work is to improve access to their home or the facilities in the home to secure their health, safety, welfare and convenience, eg. widening doors; installing stair/chair lifts, ramps, hoists; installing accessible bathrooms or enlarged toilets; making enlargements to kitchens to assist access for wheelchairs; extensions to create accommodation for carers; or rooms to accommodate medical equipment etc; then charges for Building Regulations in respect of the access/facility improvements only will not apply. Work to replace windows, cosmetic adaptations, extensions and/or alterations for other family members is not exempt from the charges. To claim the exemption from the charge the declaration must be signed. Evidence that the work is for the benefit of a disabled person(s) will be required. Section 15 This informs the Council who will be responsible for paying the inspection charge after the work has commenced. If this is left blank, the Council will send the invoice for the inspection charge to the applicant/ homeowner. Sections Unless the work is exempt from a Building Regulations charge the application must be accompanied by the appropriate charge or charges. These sections relate to the type of work stated in the Council s standard charges guidance appropriate to either a Full Plans, or a Building Notice, or a Regularisation Certificate application. Ensure that you have regard to any discounts that may apply where a Part P electrician is engaged or other work, eg. replacement windows and certain alterations, is undertaken at the same time as certain types of extensions etc. Section 24 If any or all of the work does not relate to any of the Council s standard charges, Building Control should be contacted to allow an individual assessment of the charge to be carried out. Contact the Building Control office for an assessment of the charge and insert the amount quoted here. Section 25 If you have obtained advice from any member of the Building Control staff about the proposed work and this was given in advance of you making your application, please tell the Council what the advice was and who gave it. This will make it easier for the scheme to be assigned to the appropriate surveyor. For example: advice about an assessment of the Building Regulations charge(s), or technical advice on how to comply with the regulations. If the advice that was given beforehand was part of a pre-application enquiry, a reference number might have been given to you. If so, please insert the reference also. Section 26 For Full Plans applications only, please indicate if you are willing to allow the time for making a decision being extended from five weeks to two months. This might assist you to submit additional information if required to allow the approval process to go ahead unhindered. If you consent to the Council approving the plans with conditions, then confirm this also. Conditions normally relate to information to be supplied by others that is unavailable/unlikely to be provided before the decision deadline, eg. unique materials/specifications to be provided by specialist suppliers or contractors, or structural calculations/drawings from professionals yet to be appointed. Local Authority Building Control (LABC) has schemes in place to assist in improving the building control service, such as Partnership schemes and Type or System Approvals. If you would like to know more about these, visit Section 27 For Regularisation Certificate applications only, tell the Council when the work was started and/or completed. Section 28 Tell the Council to whom a Completion or Regularisation Certificate should be sent upon the satisfactory completion of all the work mentioned in the application. Finally, please sign and date the bottom of the application form.

11 Application submission checklist Homeowner Building Regulations application form 1. Have you completed all the relevant sections on the application form? 2. Have you signed and dated the application form as necessary? 3. Ensure you provide one copy of the completed form with the appropriate charge. Payment for the charge should be made by credit/debit card discuss with one of the Customer Services team about this method of payment. 4. Ensure that a copy of a site location/block plan is provided, to a scale not smaller than 1:1250, when submitting either a Full Plans application or a but only if the work on the relates to an extension or a new building. 5. Ensure that at least two copies of any plans and specifications are attached when making a Full Plans application. 6. Ensure that as much information, plans and specifications are provided with an application for a Regularisation Certificate. 7. If you are claiming exemption from the Building Regulations charge, please accompany this with evidence to support your claim: that the work is for the benefit of a disabled person.

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