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The Role and Responsibilities of Building Control

The role of building control has undergone a huge change over the past 12 months, with the Building Safety Regulator keen to ensure that we focus on compliance and enforcement under the Building Act and Building Regulations. Here’s what you need to know about the role of Building Control and Building Inspectors:

 

 

Regulatory Information:  HBC & Government Guidance

Reversions

Where several private building control approvers/inspectors have unfortunately gone into administration or no longer operating, the responsibility for overseeing building control functions for affected projects in Hertfordshire automatically transfers to us—HBC, your local authority building control provider. This is called a ‘Reversion’.

Our well-established systems are already in place to handle this transition smoothly. As a representative of 8 local authorities, we are financially secure and well-positioned to provide long-term, reliable service.

There will be a fee payable to cover the costs of dealing with your reversion. This will be individually determined in most cases, and will be no less than the standard charges we make for a Regularisation application for similar work.

The MHCLG have published additional guidance for members of the public, in the form of FAQs around the topic of ‘reversions’.

Reversions FAQs

Changes to the Building Regulations

From 1 October 2023 significant new changes to Building Regulations legislation have come into effect, which introduce changes to the Building Regulations application process, and impose dutyholder responsibilities on applicants, architects, contractors and builders. Here’s what you need to know:

 

 

For Higher Risk Buildings (HRBs) –  (defined as ‘higher-risk’ under the BSA, 2022 are buildings at least 18 metres or seven storeys in
height, and which have at least two residential units, or are hospitals/care homes meeting the height) please see the following information from the Building Safety Regulator: