Do I need Building Regulation approval?

Most building work needs Building Regulation approval. Please see below for some common examples of building work and whether they require approval. 

For a quick guide, please see "What you need approval for" and "What you don't need approval for".

Please select one of the following:

I am proposing to:-

• Erect a new building.
• Erect an extension to an existing building
• Build a greenhouse
• Erect a small detached building
• Convert part, or all of a property
• Undertake a loft conversion
• Undertake underpinning of foundations
• Make structural alterations to a building
• Make non-structural alterations to a building
• Alter or install new drainage
• Install new or alter existing heat producing appliances
• Change of the use of a building