How to get approval

The way to obtain approval will depend on whether you choose to use the Building Control services of a Local Authority or an Approved Inspector. 

If you choose to use an Approved Inspector you should speak with them about how they wish you to engage them. You and the Approved Inspector should jointly notify the Local Authority for where the building work will be carried out that the Approved Inspector is carrying out the building control function for the work. This notification is called an "Initial Notice".

If you choose to use a Local Authority, the procedures are set out in the Building Regulations. Some of them relate to pre-site procedures and others relate to procedures once work is underway on site.