Phase 1 · Planning & Permissions · Task 14 of 15
The Standard Building Control Follows
The Building Regulations 2010 plus the Approved Documents are the standard your building control officer enforces. Here's the full map for an extension.
Most homeowners walk into their first building control meeting expecting a judgment call. The BCO will look around, decide if it feels right, and tick a box. That's not what happens. Building control is compliance against a published statutory framework. The standard is a single Act of Parliament, a single statutory instrument made under it, and a published library of official guidance documents you can read for yourself this afternoon.
Every Part. Every reference. Where each one bites in your build and which document the BCO has open on their tablet when they arrive on site.
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