Building Control Forms and Fees

Fees
Methods of payment
Applying for building regulations
Building regulations application form
Completition notice
Demolition notice form
Part P – electrical safety form
Electronic submissions
Building Control Enforcement Policy

Fees

For information on how to obtain fee advice please visit:

The hourly rate for Ashford Borough Council to consult with the Building Safety Regulator will be £72.00 plus VAT.

Historical building regulation applications

The Building Control team has a policy to keep documents on all building regulation applications for 15 years. After that time has passed we will still keep records of property address, a description of work and an issue of completion certificate. We will no longer hold personal information after this period.

Applying for building regulations

If you want to construct, extend or alter a dwelling or a building, it is likely that you will need to make an application under the building regulations.

Our building control team process the applications and carry out inspections to ensure that building work satisfies the standards.

Depending on the scale and type of work involved you may use either a full plans application or submit a building notice. We can accept applications via The Planning Portal, by post or by hand at our offices.

Building regulations form

We now have one form for building notices/full plans applications and regularisation applications (please tick in the appropriate box at the top of the form to indicate the type of application you require).

Ashford Borough Council (ABC) is the data controller for the personal information you provide in this form. ABC’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted at FOI@ashford.gov.uk. Your information will be used to process your building control application and processing is conducted relying upon the GDPR legal basis. Your information may be shared with further third parties if we are required or permitted to do so by law for example, consultation with other regulatory public bodies, or to prevent fraud or the misuse of public funds. Your information will be retained for 15 years. For more information on your rights please see the council’s privacy statement.

A building notice application can be submitted for small domestic works and often no plans are needed. However, we may sometimes ask for further information (i.e. structural calculations and specifications) depending on the type of works.

Full plans application can be used for any type of work, where you require your drawings to be checked and approved.

A regularisation application is to be used to apply for retrospective approval of work that was previously carried out without building regulations approval.

Completion notice form

For building notice applications or applications for building control approval with full plans, submitted on or after 1 October 2023 a Completion Notice will be required prior to the issue of a completion certificate. The notice must be provided to the Local Authority within 5 days of the completion of works.

A Completion Notice states that the work complies with all the applicable regulations, to the best of the Client’s, Principal Contractor’s, and Principal Designer’s knowledge and the Notice should be signed by all parties.

The Completion Notice will require the following information about the Client, Principal Contractor, and Principal Designer:

Name
Address
Telephone number
Email address
Date of appointment (for Principal Contractor and Principal Designer)

Please note it is the client responsibility to appoint a Principal Contractor and Principal Designer for the project. 

View Regulation 16(4A) Completion Notice [pdf] 244KB

Demolition notice

This form is to be used where a certain sized building, or part of a building, is to be demolished.

If you are planning to demolish a building it is likely that you will be required to serve a notice on the local authority. This guidance gives advice on how to do this and outlines other important aspects of the demolition process, including which structures might be exempt from a Section 80 Notice.

Part P – electrical safety

Electrical installations are a 'controlled service' under building regulations and a form must be filled in. This form should be submitted along with a full plans application or building notice.

Find a registered electrician: Visit the electrical competent person website for a register of electricians belonging to the various CPS schemes.

General guidance: Visit the electrical safety first website for general advice, guidance and information in easy to understand formats.

Electronic submissions

The main benefits of applying via The Planning Portal are:

It can be submitted 24 hours a day 7 days a week
No printing or postage is required
It will reduce your carbon footprint
If you had submitted an application for Planning on the same site you can re use saved documents
It creates a one stop shop for all Planning and Building Control applications

Methods of payment

NOTE - If you are submitting an application via the Planning Portal, the fee will be paid directly to them as part of the process. In this instance do not pay us directly or a delay will occur with the release of your documents to us.