Manage a building control application for a higher-risk building

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• submit a notice of intention to start workwork, orcommencement or commencement inspection
• tellapply usfor that you have reached a certaincompletion point in your inspection schedulecertificate

A higher-risk building is a building that has at least:

• 7 storeys or is at least 18 metres high
• 2 residential units or is a hospital or a care home

A higher-risk building with at least 2 residential units must be be registered with with BSR before before people live there.

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CostCharges

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• £189 to apply for building control approval approval
• £189 to apply for change control control
• £227 to apply for a full or partial completion certificate

You can pay this charge by debit card, credit card, or invoice.

You’ll also be charged:

• £151 per hour for Building Safety Regulator (BSR) staff to work on your case
• for any costs BSR incur from relevant authorities or third parties

There is no charge to:

• submit a notice of intent to start work or commencement
• tell us you have reached a certain inspection point
• apply for building control approval, if your building work is being transferred from another building control body and that work has not sufficiently progressed with full plans

Transitional buildings

If the building work started before BSR became the building control authority, transitional arrangements may apply.

You can find out more by reading the guidance about:

• transitional building control approval for work on existing higher-risk buildings

• transitional building control approval for new higher-risk buildings

Personal information

You must only provide the personal data we ask for. Make sure you redact any other personal data before you submit it to us. Find out more in our privacy notice.

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