Building Notice

Important information:

Building Notices submitted without detailed plans and specifications should normally only be
used for minor internal alterations to domestic buildings.

We strongly recommend that Building Notices are not used for rooms in the roof or extensions.
Rooms in the roof undoubtedly will require structural calculations, which will need checking and
proving before work starts. There are increasingly onerous requirements regarding thermal
insulation and ventilation and your application must now include plans, calculations and specification
details, showing in advance how these conditions will be satisfied. We therefore suggest that you seek
professional advice from an architect or surveyor prior to submitting your application.

In any case with your application you must submit a Location Plan to a scale not less than 1:1250

For any work that involves structural alterations, forming through-rooms or removal of structural walls
etc. your application must include the relevant structural calculations and a sketch of the proposed
layout.

You are reminded that in addition to the above, you should notify us at least two working days in
advance of the work starting on site, giving the actual date of commencement.

Remember that if you are working under a building notice then you are not working to approved
drawings and any work you do which is subsequently found not to comply, will need to be corrected at
your expense. With a full plans application, details are checked for compliance before you start and
therefore you are at much less risk of things going wrong.

With your Building Notice you should include the following:

• Location Plan of the property being altered to a scale of 1:1250

• Sketch details of your proposals, (for minor internal works these do not need to be to scale or
professionally drawn).
• Any relevant structural calculations.
• Details of fireproofing to steelwork to achieve (usually) ½ hour fire resistance.
• In addition for an extension: Size (area) of extension, details of wall, floor and roof construction
including specification of insulation to achieve relevant ‘U’ values, details of damp-proofing,
window areas, ventilation etc. details of any drainage under the extension. (This list is not
exhaustive and you may be asked for further information once the application is
received)
• Relevant fee
 BUILDING NOTICE
The Building Act 1984
The Building Regulations 2000

BUILDING REGULATIONS
PLAN NUMBER: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
This form is to be completed by the person who intends to carry out building work or by the agent and returned with such plans
and particulars as indicated overleaf. Please type or use block capitals. If the form is unfamiliar, please read the notes on the reverse
side or consult the office indicated.
Separate written notice of the commencement of the work must be given at least two days beforehand.

1 Applicant Details
Name:
Address:

Postcode: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tel No: ................................... Fax: .....................................

2 Agents Details
Name:
Address:

Postcode: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tel No: ................................... Fax: .....................................

3 Location of building to which work relates

Address: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Postcode: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 Proposed Work
Description: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total floor area of any new building or extension: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Source of water supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 Use of building
1. If new building or extension,please state proposed use: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. If existing building,please state present use: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.Please state the number of storeys in the property: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6 Access for Fire Brigade

Compliance with section 35 of the East Sussex Act 1981 NOT APPLICABLE YES / NO

7 Fees (see guidance notes on Fees for information)

1. If schedule 1 work please state number of dwellings: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
2.If schedule 2 work please state floor area: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m
3.If schedule 3 work please state the estimated cost of work excluding VAT: £ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Building notice fee: £ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . plus VAT: £ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : £ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8 Statement
This notice is given in relation to the building work as described and is submitted in accordance with Regualtion 12(2)(a) and
is accompanied by the appropriate fee.

Name: .................................. Signature: .............................. Date: .........................

 EXPLANATORY NOTES
1 The applicant is the person on whose behalf the work is being carried out,eg the building’s owner.

2 A copy of this notice should be completed and sent to Building Control.

3 Where the proposed work involves the insertion of insulating material into the cavity walls of the building,this building notice
shall be accompanied by a statement as to:
i) the name and type of the insualting material to be used;
ii) whether or not the insualting material is approved by the British Board of Agrement or conforms to a British Standard
specification;
iii) whether or not the installer is a person who is subject to a British Standards Institution Certificate of Registration or
has been approved by the British Board of Agrement for the insertion of that material.

4 Where the proposed work involves the provision of an unvented hot water storage system, this building notice shall be
accompanied by a statement as to:
i) the name, make, model and type of hot water system to be installed;
ii) the name of the body, if any, which has approved or certified that the system is capable of performing ina way which
satisfies the requirements of Part G of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2000
iii) the name of the body, if any, which has issued any current registered operative identity card to the installer of proposed
installer of the system.

5 Where the proposed work includes the erection of a new building or extension, this notice shall be accompanied by the
following:
i) a block plan to a scale of not less than 1:1250 showing the size and the position of the building, or the building as
extended, and its relation to adjoining boundaries;
ii) the boundaries of the curtllage of the building,or the building as extended;
iii) the width and position of nay street on or within the boundaries of the curtilage of the building as extended;
iv) the provision to be made for the drainage of the building or extension;
v) where ir is proposed to erect the building or extension over a sewer or drain shown on the relative map of public
sewers, the precaution to be taken in building over a sewer or drain.

6 Prior to submitting a building notice in respect of a new building or extension to a building, the person giving the notice is
strongly advised to check with the Building Control officer that adequate means of access for the fire brigade will be
maintained or provided.

7 The building notice fee is calculated in accordance with current fee regulations and should be submitted with the building
notice. A Guidance Note of Fees is available on request.
Schedule 1 prescribes the plan and inspection fees payable for all small domestic buildings.
Schedule 2 prescribes the fees payable for certain small buildings,alterations and extensions to a dwelling,and the addition of
a small garage or car port.
Schedule 3 prescribes the fees payable for all other cases.
A fee is usually payable to contribute towards the cost of site inspections,being a single payment which covers all necessar y
site visits until satisfactory completion of the work in accordance with the Building Regulations.
Where the development involves different house styles an additional fee (as indicated in the fees guidance note) is payable for
each additional house style. Please confirm varying house styles when the Building Regulation submission is made.

GENERAL NOTES
● These notes are for general guidance only, particulars regarding the submission of Building Notices are contained in
Regulation 13 of the Building Regulations 2000 and,in respect of fees,in the current Building (Prescribed Fees).
● This form is only for the purposes of notifiying Building Control of the intention to carry out work under the building
Regulations.
● This building notice shall cease to have effect from three years after it is given to the local authority unless the building
work has been commenced or the material change of use was made before the expiry of that period.

Further information or advice concerning the Building Regulations may be obtained by contacting Building
Control at Hove Town Hall,Norton Road,Hove, telephone 01273 292030 / 292070.
Planning Note
A person proposing to carry out building work or change the use of a building is reminded that permission may be required
under the Town and Country Planning Acts.