Building control

Our service

We offer quality assured, professional and impartial advice to residents and developers about building regulations.

» Building control services - residential info flyer (pdf 1.2MB)
» Building control services - commercial info flyer (pdf 1MB)

» Contact building control

Please note the above link includes the office number, email address and mobile number (if applicable) of all building control staff.

A quality service, here to help

• We will meet you before you submit your application and advise you on what you need to do to satisfy the requirements of the building regulations.
• We offer a same-day site inspection service. If you telephone us in the morning, a surveyor will visit the site on the same day. All surveyors can be contacted directly via mobile telephone, email and fax.
• Our qualified and experienced surveyors have expert knowledge of local site conditions and needs.
• Project surveyors are nominated for each scheme and are responsible for the project from pre-application to completion stage, giving you continuity and a single point of contact throughout.
• We offer improved liaison with other related agencies at the most cost effective stage for you.
• We are based in the same office as the council’s planning division.
• We have well-established links with the council’s licensing and highways sections as well as the London Fire Brigade, providing you with a ‘one-stop shop’.
• We issue completion certificates on satisfactory completion of building works on site, following compliance with all relevant building regulations.

New building regulation charges

Please note our new building regulation charges scheme which comes into effect from 1st October 2010. Please use the above link for further information.

These fees have also been amended to reflect the new 20% VAT rate.

» New building regulation fees (pdf 189KB)

Property search

Our property Search facility allows you to search our database and view all our building control applications from the 1st April 1996, it gives you the current status of an application from the start to completion.  For applications before this date please contact our technical support team on 020 8753 3447 / 2537. 

Completion letter enquiries

Please note there is a charge of £88 if you wish to obtain up to three completion certificates on the same property where the work has been completed and a certificate has already been issued.  Please email your request to buildingcontrol@lbhf.gov.uk or send your request in writing to our department.  We can only issue the certificates when the fee is paid in full either by cheque or credit card.  We will endeavour to process your request within 2 or 3 days from receipt of payment.

» Further information about our property database

Submit-a-plan (opens a new window)

If you wish to submit your building control application online, please use our submit-a-plan service. Please note we are unable to accept online payments at present. If you wish to make a card payment, please contact 020 8753 2537 / 3447 or alternatively you can post a cheque made payable to LBHF (London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham) and posted to Building Control Services, 6th Floor, Town Hall Extension, King Street, London, W6 9JU. To help us process your payment with the online application efficiently, please write the address of the property pertaining to the works on the back of the cheque.

» Download the application forms
Print out, fill in and send us your forms in the post, with the appropriate fee.

Make a payment online

Use this link only if we have sent you an invoice for an inspection fee payment. On the drop down menu please select 'sundry debts' and for ‘reference number’ enter the five digits following the SO eg. SO12345 / 678910 - enter in 12345.

New applications 

To pay fees for new applications either submit a cheque made payable to LBHF (London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham) and posted to Building Control Services, 6th Floor, Town Hall Extension, King Street, London, W6 9JU or pay by credit / debit card by telephoning us on 020 8753 2537 / 3447.

The Partner Authority Scheme

We are members of the local authority building control Partner Authority Scheme (PAS). This allows a company to partner with a local authority of its choice. The partner authority will deal with all aspects of design including plans examination and pre-application advice, and coordinate all necessary consultations wherever the project is located. Site inspections will be carried out by the local authority where the project is to be built, but in close liaison with the partner authority.

The PAS offers the benefits of a single point of contact for all plans’ examinations combined with a locally-based, faster site inspection service. The scheme is suitable for all companies that build across a wide geographical area and also benefits architects and design and build contractors. Please contact Karl Underwood on 020 8753 3365 for more information about the scheme.

Warranties

The following 10-year warranties are available on all work we inspect. To gain the benefits of our service you must first contact the warranty providers and subscribe to the appropriate warranty scheme for the project.

• Latent Gold - commercial premises
• MasterBond - domestic extension and refurbishment works
• Environmental Gold - contaminated land        

Explanatory booklets

The building regulations explanatory booklet (orpens new window), party wall act 1996 booklet (opens new window) and building work, replacements and repairs to your home booklet (opens new window) are all free online publications which can be downloaded from the Communities and Local Government website.

If you have any queries or concerns regarding your building control service, please feel free to email buildingcontrol@lbhf.gov.uk.