Vale of Glamorgan Council
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Building Control

Work with building owners, contractors and professional advisors to help deliver a building that meets the standards of health, safety and quality required by the Building Regulations, on time and within budget.

 

Pre-application discussions are welcomed and encouraged so that the more complex developments can proceed without any unnecessary delays, please contact: 

  • 01446 704609

 

This can also have a cost saving implication for the developer as early consultation can prevent over specification.

 

Do I need Building Regulation Approval?

How to apply for Building Regulation Approval, download forms and check you've got everything required.

 

Make a Building Control Application

Building Control Applications

View all Building Control applications submitted to the Council since 1996 on the Council's online Building Control Register.

 

View Building Control Applications

Pay Your Fees Online 

Fees can be paid online via the below button. Make sure you select Other Income from the Service List, then Building Control, then Building Regulations Fee or Regularisation Fee.

 

Pay Online

Building Control Charges

 

Building Control Charges

 

Fees and payments for building control can be paid over the phone:

  • 01446 704609

Building Control Register

View all Applications that have been submitted to the Council since 1994.

  

Please note: All Plans, drawings and material submitted to the Council are protected by the Copyright Design and patent Act (Section 47).

 

Building Control Register

 

  

 

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LABC Front Door

LABC Front Door provides advice on home improvements, building regulations and working with builders and designers. The advice has been prepared by LABC who represent all local authority Building Control teams in Wales.

 

LABC Front Door

 

Regulations

Building Regulations apply in England and Wales and exist principally to ensure the health and safety of people in and around buildings. They also provide for access to and around buildings and energy conservation. 

 

Building Regulations will probably apply if you intend to:

  • Re Roof (if more than 50% of the roof is replaced building regulations apply)
  • Detached outbuildings, offices or garden rooms. Please contact office for further guidance
  • Make structural alterations to an existing building (including underpinning)
  • Change the use of an existing building (in certain cases)
  • Provide, extend or alter drainage facilities
  • Provision of a space heating or hot water service boiler
  • Provision of a hot water vessel
  • Erect a new building or extend an existing building (unless the building or extension is exempt from control under the regulations)
  • Provision of a new window, rooflight, roof window or door (being a door, which together with its frame has more than 50 % of its internal face area glazed)

 

Guidance

Report a Dangerous Structure

A dangerous building or structure can be anything on or about a building or structure that may be a danger to members of the public, for example, loose or falling roof tiles, walls or fences that are in danger of collapse, unstable chimneys.

 

A building that is reported as dangerous will be inspected the same day or within an hour if it is an emergency, by a surveyor on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. 

 

If you wish to report a dangerous building or structure, please telephone 01446 704609 during office hours or 01446 700111 outside normal office hours. If a dangerous building or structure presents a serious and immediate threat to public safety it should be reported to the police by dialling 999.

Party Walls

The Party Wall Act covers various work that is going to be carried out directly to an existing party wall or structure, a new building at or astride the boundary line between properties and excavation within 3 or 6 metres of a neighbouring building(s) or structure(s), depending on the depth of the hole or proposed foundations.  This is a civil matter that the Council does not administer.

 

More information can be found on the: Gov.uk website

Vale of Glamorgan Building Excellence Awards

Each year the Building Control Group organise an award scheme, which recognises good standards of building as well as environmental, communication and disability requirements.

 

Find out more about these awards and previous winners:

Building Excellence Awards

Contact Us

 

 

Contact your Building Control Officer