Carry out work on your home

What building regulations are

When you make a change to your home, even if you do not need planning permission, nearly all building work will involve our building control team.

Building control ensures your work is carried out safely and in line with our building regulations.

Before starting work on your home, contact Building Control to find out about regulations.

When you need planning permission

You normally need to apply for planning permission when you're doing work that will affect how a building or area is used, or how it looks.

For example, you need permission if you want to:

• build a new property or an extension
• change what an existing building is used for
• build a new property that will change what the land is used for
• put up signs or advertisements
• change a property in a conservation area
• change a listed building

If you carry out work without planning permission, you may have to make expensive changes or return the property to its original state.

Apply for planning permission

Find out how to apply for planning permission.