Paragraph 1B F1

(1)

Building regulations may in particular make provision for and in connection with applications for building control approval (including approval of changes to anything that has already been approved).

(2)

“Building control approval”—

(a)

in relation to any work, means the approval by the building control authority of—

(i)

plans of the work, and

(ii)

such other documents, relating to compliance with any provision of building regulations, as may be prescribed (or, in a case within sub-paragraph (5), as are provided to the authority);

(b)

in relation to a change to a relevant document, means the approval by the authority of the change.

(3)

Building regulations may—

(a)

confer on building control authorities a power, with the consent of the applicant—

(i)

to impose requirements (including in particular requirements of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (4)) when granting an application;

(ii)

to vary requirements;

(b)

make provision about the cases in which an application for approval of a change must be made (including provision conferring on building control authorities a power to specify the circumstances in which such an application must be made).

(4)

The requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(a) are—

(a)

a requirement relating to the provision of a revised version of a specified relevant document;

(b)

a requirement that the work does not proceed beyond a specified stage unless a specified relevant document has been given to, and approved by, the building control authority.

(5)

Building regulations may provide that in prescribed cases—

(a)

an application may be made to the authority for approval of the plans and such other relevant documents as the applicant considers appropriate, and

(b)

the authority may refuse the application if the applicant does not, on request, provide it with a specified relevant document.

(6)

In this paragraph—

(a)

“relevant document” means—

(i)

the plans mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(i), or

(ii)

a document prescribed for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a)(ii);

(b)

“specified” means specified by the building control authority;

(c)

a reference to a change to a document includes the replacement of it.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 1 paras. 1A-1I and cross-headings inserted (6.4.2023 for E. and for W. except for specified purposes, 5.9.2023 for W. in so far as not already in force) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), ss. 33, 170(4)(b)(c); S.I. 2023/362, reg. 3(1)(n); S.I. 2023/914, reg. 2(b)(i)