Why Choose Us
Local authority Building Control and approved inspectors
Everyone knows that it is important to choose
the right builder to carry out work on your property. It is equally
important that you are careful in your choice of Building Control
service provider.
Building Control services are now available
from two sources:
- Local Authority Building Control (LABC) - the
traditional and long established route, or
- Approved inspectors - companies operating
private sector businesses and licensed by the government to offer a
Building Control service.
There are some differences between the level of service you will
receive.
So why choose Local Authority Building Control?
We are determined to provide you with the very best service in
Building Control. Whether you are a large developer undertaking a
multi-million pound project or a homeowner carrying out alterations
to your home, we are totally committed to assisting you in any way
we can.
We recognise that all our customers have different needs and it
will not be possible to satisfy all of these via a visit to this
site. However, to make your Building Control experience as simple
and easy as possible we will continually update and improve these
pages to assist you.
Pre-application service
- Extensive pre-application advice at any stage to suit your
needs.
- Most useful in agreement of issues such as fire safety design,
means of escape in case of fire and access issues.
- Facilitation of meetings between you, other departments and
Kent Fire and Rescue Service.
Application process
- Full technical assessment of your scheme within 15 days from
validation
- Highly competitive fees
- Receipt of electronic applications/plans
- Formal decision notice issued
- Qualified in-house structural engineer will check any
structural details and calculations
- Full formal consultation process with external bodies - Kent
Fire and Rescue Service, Southern Water Ltd, etc
Site inspection service
- Inspection requests made by 10am will be carried out on the
same day. If you require a timed visit then you are advised to
speak to the surveyor directly.
- Inspection notification framework available for each individual
project.
- Qualified Building Control surveyors who will constantly be
looking for cost effective solutions to regulatory
challenges and who act with complete impartiality and
flexibility.
- Extensive and unrivalled experience on every conceivable type
of project.
- Issue of formal completion certificate when your project
satisfies building regulation standards.
Building Control performance standards
- Ashford Borough Council Building Control complies with this
government initiative to regulate standards within the
profession.
Quality assured service
Our Building Control Team is registered under ISO 9001 2002
which means that we are constantly audited to ensure that we meet
the service standards which are set out in our customer charter.
- All our Building Control surveyors are either professionally
qualified and/or possess extensive experience. They regularly
attend training seminars to ensure that they are up to date with
modern methods of construction and ever-changing legislation.
- We have a progressive approach to new materials and methods of
construction and therefore can help you obtain the best possible
value for money.
- We make maximum use of modern technology.
- We keep extensive records on every property/site in the borough
so that future owners can confidently plan further work. This
helps prospective purchasers ensure that work carried
out in the past has been approved and inspected. This
information can be analysed to give early warning of any potential
problems particulary in relation to ground conditions.
- We liaise closely with building control sections in other
local authorities to share knowledge, experience and maintain
consistency.
- We can guarantee that we will be at your service for many years
to come.
- We welcome and encourage customer feedback.
Discretionary services
We also offer additional consultancy services
beyond the usual Building Control function including:
- Fire risk assessments
- Disabled access audits
- Party wall surveying
- CDM
- Design and project management
- Energy/ environmental consulting:
- iSBEM (Simplified Building Energy Method)
assessments
- Cerified BREEAM asessments
- SAP 2009 (Standard Assessment Procedure)
- Review your designs and advise on how to
achieve compliance with the minimum standards
required in Part L of the building
regulations
- Domestic and commercial Energy Performance
Certificates (EPC)
- Display Energy Certificates (DEC)
- Code for sustainable homes assessments
- Area-weighted u-value calculations
- Download a
brochure of our sustainability and energy efficiency services PDF
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This webpage was updated on
1/16/2012