Building Control

Regularisation Certificates

If the person who carried out the works failed to deposit plans with the Authority and also did not give the required notices, then they can apply for a regularisation certificate. It is possible to apply to the Council for a Regularisation Certificate. The application should include:

Application Forms
a plan of the unauthorised work;
a plan showing any additional work (if any) to secure that the unauthorised work complies with the requirements of the building regulations, that were in force at that time, and
a regularisation fee which is 120% of the total of the current plan and inspection fee.

The Council after acceptance of the application may require the applicant to take such steps to secure the relevant requirements of the building regulations are met. These may include:

laying open the unauthorised work for inspection, or
making tests, or
taking samples.

The Council will notify the applicant:

what work requires to be carried out for compliance, or
that they cannot determine what work is required to comply, or
that no work is required to secure compliance.

The Council may give a certificate if they are satisfied that:

the relevant requirements have been satisfied, or
no work is required to secure that the contravening work satisfies the relevant requirements.

A Regularisation Certificate is evidence but not conclusive evidence that the relevant requirements specified in the certificate have been complied with. If you wish to access the application form to print, complete and return to us, please click the link below;

PDF Document Apply for a Regularisation Certificate

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