Building Regulations Drawings

The building regulations drawings package is one of the most important sections of the entire process. Without detailed building regulations drawings, the success of your project will suffer, regardless of how great your design is.

Building regulations set the construction standard for design and building work and apply to most new buildings and many alterations to existing properties, both domestic and commercial. Extension Drawing Services can produce a full drawing and specification package for building regulation approval of your project.

Building regulation rules are in place to ensure health and safety in or around buildings, but also for access and energy use in buildings. Most building and development projects will require a set of detailed architectural drawings and specifications which prove that the construction will comply with UK building regulations. The drawings and specifications can also be used by a builder to ensure that the building work is progressing correctly.

In order to show that you are complying with building regulations for your project, you need to submit your building regulations drawings for building control approval
Our drawings are produced with a strong focus on buildability, clarity and coordination, enabling contractors to price accurately and build with confidence.

Building Regulations drawings ensure that your building:

• Is safe for those in and around it.
• Meets the required level of comfort and living standards.
• Will be of a good standard.

Full Plans Building Control Application vs Building Notice Notification

You can make a building regulations application either by making a full plans building control application or by submitting a building notice notification.

A full plans application will consist of detailed building regulations plans and full specifications of the construction details together with the appropriate fee. You need to submit a set of detailed building regulations drawings prior to the building starting on site.

Alternatively, if you are doing simple work to a domestic building, you could use a building notice, which doesn’t generally require the submission of detailed building regulations plans or full specifications of the construction details. However, you will not receive the protection and reassurance that a full plans application would give you.

While submitting a building notice instead of a full plans Building Control application might sound tempting, paying for official building regulations drawings that will ensure your project is approved and it will give you accurate build quotes.