Building control in London.
Kensington · W8 · reinforcement laid and checked before the pourOn site, photograph
Technical drawings prepared and coordinated, so the finished home meets the regulations.
The approval is theirs. The drawings are ours.
Building control needs technical drawings that show the work meets the regulations. We are NU Projects, design and build in Fulham SW6 since 2010. We prepare and submit those drawings, then coordinate each inspection stage. The approval itself always sits with building control, never with us. Call 020 7731 6841 to talk the work through.
Building regulations cover structure, fire safety, insulation, soundproofing and drainage. Most extensions and loft conversions need approval. It runs alongside planning permission, though some works are exempt.
We prepare the technical drawings an application needs, then submit them for assessment. We coordinate with local authorities, including Hammersmith and Fulham, and Kensington and Chelsea. Private approved inspectors are used too.
We do not provide the approval ourselves. That decision sits with building control, on every project. We coordinate with them at each stage.
What the work includes
- Technical drawings prepared for the application
- Coordination with local authority and private building control
- Structure, fire safety, insulation and drainage covered
- Run alongside planning, not after it
- Approval sits with building control, never with us
- Where we work
- Fulham, Chelsea, Kensington, Knightsbridge, Belgravia, Mayfair, Notting Hill and Holland Park, Chiswick, Wandsworth, Putney and Barnes, Hampstead and St John’s Wood, Weybridge, Cobham and Oxshott, South Kensington, Marylebone, Bayswater and Maida Vale, Pimlico and Westminster, Battersea and Clapham, Richmond, Twickenham and East Sheen, Islington, Highgate and Primrose Hill, Greenwich, Dulwich, Camden, Wimbledon, Bermondsey, Brixton, Ealing, Acton, Hammersmith and Brook Green, Earl’s Court, Queen’s Park and Kensal Rise, Fitzrovia and Bloomsbury
Building control runs beside planning. Not after it.
See it built, in Kensington.
Questions about the regulations.
Further reading, from the journal
Does NU provide in-house building control approval?
No. We coordinate with external building control providers on every project.
Approval and inspections happen through the appropriate building control route. Our coordination role does not make us the approving body.
Do internal alterations need building regulations approval?
Often, yes. Structural changes can need building regulations approval.
So can some service, drainage or other alterations, even without planning permission.
Who is responsible for building regulations compliance?
Designers, contractors and clients each carry defined responsibilities.
We appoint competent people and agree who coordinates compliance. Inspections never replace those duties.
Are CDM and Building Regulations principal designer roles the same?
No. They sit under different regimes with different functions.
One organisation can hold both roles, but only when properly appointed for each. We never assume one appointment covers the other.
Tell us about the work.
Your name and one way to reply are enough. It goes straight to the studio.