Regulation 14D Determination of applications for building control approval with full plans: WalesF1
England and Wales
Where an application for building control approval with full plans is made under regulations 12(2)(b) and 14, the building control authority must grant the application for building control approval unless the application (including the plans or other documents which accompany it)—
does not comply with the requirements of regulation 14 (applications for building control approval with full plans: Wales);
is not sufficiently detailed in any respect to allow the building control authority to determine whether the proposed work would contravene any applicable requirement of the building regulations;
shows that—
the proposed work would contravene any applicable requirements of these Regulations, or
where the statement regarding commencement includes the client’s assessment of when building control input is required, the building control authority is of the opinion that F2input will be required at a different point, be that earlier or later, than the point described in the application.
If the application for building control approval with full plans (or any plans or other documents which accompany it) is defective or shows that the proposed work would contravene any requirement of these Regulations, the building control authority may—
reject the application, or
subject to paragraph (4), grant the application for building control approval subject to either or both of the requirements set out in paragraph (3).
The requirements mentioned in paragraph (2) are—
that such modifications as the building control authority may specify must be made in the full plans, and
that such further plans as the building control authority may specify must be provided before work to which those plans relate starts.
A building control authority may only grant an application for building control approval with full plans subject to a requirement in paragraph (3) if the person making the application (“the applicant”)—
has requested in writing the authority does so, or
has consented in writing to the authority doing so.
The duty in paragraph (1) is subject to any provision in sections 19 to 25 of the Act which expressly requires or authorises the building control authority to reject an application for building control approval.
The building control authority must notify the applicant of the outcome of the application within 5 weeks beginning with the date the application is received by the building control authority, or within such longer period as at any time the authority and the applicant agree in writing.
A failure by the building control authority to notify the applicant under paragraph (6) is not to be treated as a grant of the application or a rejection of the application.
A notice that the application under paragraph (1) is rejected must give the reasons for the rejection.
A notice that the application is granted subject to a requirement must specify the requirement imposed.
Where the application for building control approval with full plans is successful the effect is that the building control approval is granted.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Regs. 14D, 14E inserted (W.) (1.7.2026) by The Building etc. (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1320), regs. 1(2), 7(2) (with regs. 19, 21)
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Word in reg. 14D(1)(c)(ii) substituted (20.7.2026) by The Building etc. (Amendment) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/112), regs. 1(2), 3(5)