# The Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2025, Regulation 24: Change control applications: decisions

Extent: E+W

(1) The building control authority must grant the building control approval sought in a change control application unless the application or any document that accompanied the application—
(a) does not comply with the requirements of regulation 21;
(b) is not sufficiently detailed in any respect to allow the building control authority to determine whether the HRB work, the stage of the HRB work or work to existing HRB would contravene any applicable requirement of the building regulations;
(c) shows the HRB work, the stage of HRB work or work to existing HRB would contravene any applicable requirement of the building regulations;
(d) shows the strategies, policies or procedures in any agreed document (including in relation to controlled changes, mandatory occurrence reporting, competence of persons or sharing of information and co-operation) would contravene, or would be likely to contravene the requirements of—
(i) regulation 18 to 21 and 27 to 29 (changes to documents or persons);
(ii) regulations 31, 37 and 38 (golden thread etc.);
(iii) regulations 32 to 36 (mandatory occurrence reporting);
(iv) Part 2B (dutyholders and competence) of the 2010 Regulations.
(2) If one or more of the reasons in paragraph (1) applies, the building control authority may—
(a) reject the change control application, or
(b) with the written consent of the applicant, grant the building control approval sought in the application subject to one or more requirements.
(3) The types of requirement that may be imposed under paragraph (2)(b) include—
(a) a requirement to provide a specified plan or document, or a revised version of a specified plan or document, within a specified period;
(b) a requirement that work does not proceed beyond a specified point until a specified plan or other document, or a revised version of a specified plan or other document, has been given to, and approved by, the building control authority.
(4) The building control authority must notify the applicant of the outcome of the change control application (and where the applicant is not the client, also give a copy of the notification to the client) within the period referred to in regulation 22.
(5) A notice that the application has been rejected must give reasons for rejection.
(6) A notice that the building control approval sought in the change control application has been granted subject to a requirement must specify the requirement imposed.
(7) Where a change control application is successful the effect is that from the date of the notice under paragraph (4)—
(a) building control approval for the change sought in the change control application is granted;
(b) subject to paragraphs (8) and (9)—
(i) the description of the proposed controlled change, and
(ii) the revised version of the agreed document that accompanied the application,
are approved.
(8) Where building control approval has been granted subject to a requirement that a plan or document must be revised, the unrevised plan or document is not approved by paragraph (7)(b).
(9) Where—
(a) building control approval has been granted subject to a requirement that a plan or document must be revised, and
(b) the plan or document is revised under the requirement,
then that revised plan or document is approved from the date specified in the approval given by the building control authority for the revision.
(10) Where building control approval sought in the application has been granted subject to a requirement of a type described in paragraph (3)(b)—
(a) the client must ensure the work does not proceed beyond the point specified in the requirement until approval by the building control authority to the plan or document has been received;
(b) where a request for approval has been received by the building control authority it must notify the client of the outcome of the request within 6 weeks beginning with the date the request is received by the building control authority or within such longer period as at any time the building control authority and the applicant agree in writing;
(c) a notice that the request has been rejected must give the reasons for rejection.
(11) In this regulation, “specified” means specified by the building control authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/1321/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/building-higher-risk-buildings-procedures-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-24
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