How to get Building Regs approval
‘‘The advantage of following a ‘full plans’ application is that you’ll know before work starts whether the house meets the requirements of the regs”
Securing planning consent for your new home doesn’t mean you’re clear to start building — you’ll also need to satisfy the requirements of Building Regulations first. The Building Regs are largely objective, so compliance is generally straightforward and also offers some reassurance that your home will be built properly.
Quite surprisingly, the Building Regs are brief and set out the objectives that buildings must meet. A series of Approved Documents (listed overleaf) offer guidance on how to meet the objectives of the regulations and are often confused with the regulations themselves.
The intention of the Approved Documents is to provide general guidance and additional information with practical examples of how to comply for many of the more common building situations. It’s important to note that following the advice given in the Approved Documents is not the only way of demonstrating compliance with the regulations but it is by far the easiest, and only the brave choose to go
