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Building regulations, for projects we've designed

Once your planning permission or listed building consent is granted, we can prepare the building regulations drawings for the same project, so your builder can get started.

Seeing your project through

Planning permission approves what your project looks like. Building regulations approval confirms how it will be built safely: structure, fire safety, insulation, drainage, ventilation and access.

For projects we've designed and taken through planning, we can prepare:

  • Construction drawings and details
  • A full plans application to building control
  • Coordination with structural engineers and other specialists where needed

We already know the design and the building, so this stage is quicker and more consistent than starting again with someone new.

Please note that we provide building regulations drawings for projects we've designed. We don't take on building regulations work on its own.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Do I need building regulations for permitted development?

Usually, yes. Permitted development only covers planning. Most extensions, loft conversions and structural alterations need building regulations approval.

Do I need a structural engineer?

Many projects need structural calculations, for example for steel beams, new foundations or roof structures. We'll tell you if yours does and can recommend engineers.

Benjamin Plunkett, Managing Director
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Thinking about a project?

Ben, our Managing Director and Planning & Heritage Consultant, will come to you, look at the property and tell you honestly what's likely to get approved. Free, with no obligation, anywhere in Tendring, Babergh, Colchester, Braintree, Maldon and Ipswich districts.

Planning consultants and chartered designers in one team: drawings designed to get approved, with the same people from site visit to decision.

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