Submit a Building Control Application online

North Norfolk District Council accepts Building Control Applications and accompanying documents as attachments to an email. Payment can also be made by card through the Council Website.

Please read the sections under NOTES and ATTACHMENTS further down this page before going through the following steps to complete your submission.

• Download the Word version of the relevant forms from the bottom of this page. (You will need MS Word to edit the form.)
• Fill in, rename and save a copy of the Word form(s) needed for your application.
• Name and save copies of any MS Office format files you are going to send.
• Name and save any photographic images, to JPG format.
• Name and convert to PDF, any CAD drawings to be sent.
• Start an email to bcontrol@north-norfolk.gov.uk
  - Include your name, contact details and a list of the files you are attaching.
  - include any other details that are relevant. eg the planning application number of any Development Control application for the same site if there is one, the name of any officer to whom you have spoken about the application.
  - Attach the files to the email.
• Check the email and send it

Building Control will acknowledge your email within 2 working days of receipt. If your application is complete and in order, the email acknowledgement will state your Building Control Application number, the charge, your electronic payment account number and instructions for making the payment.

Payment can be made:

• through our Online Payments page. Choose Miscellaneous payments and make sure the Account Number is entered correctly, or the payment will not be accepted. The Account number consists of 6BCF followed by the building control application number without the first 2 digits. eg If your building control application number is 2007C1234 the account number will be 6BCF07C1234
• by cheque made out to North Norfolk District Council. Please make sure you put the building control application number on the reverse of the cheque. This can be posted to
  Building Control
  North Norfolk District Council
  Holt Road, Cromer
  Norfolk NR27 9EN

Your application cannot be registered and will not proceed further, until the application charge has been received by the Council.

Please read our Building Registration & Getting Approval pages, especially the section - 'Why is an Application for Building Regulation approval needed?' .
This extract from the page should clarify the type of application you should make.

There are two different ways to apply for Building Regulations approval:-

the full plans procedure

• For the full plans procedure we will need a copy of a working drawing showing the building as existing and proposed, with all constructional details and specifications shown. The application form is submitted to us together with the drawings and the appropriate charge. The plans are then checked for compliance with the Building Regulations, and following any amendments that may be required, an approval notice is issued.
• When work starts on site, the surveyor will carry out inspections at the appropriate stages to confirm that the work carried out complies with the regulations.

the building notice procedure

• The building notice is submitted in the same way, but without full working drawings. All work is subject to checking on site, although the building control surveyor may ask for certain details for parts of the work, such as structural calculations.
• As the Building Regulations are becoming more and more complex, with regulations changing frequently, it is recommended that the building notice procedure is used only for minor works, such as installation of windows, creation of openings, or underpinning.
• Building notices can however be used for any works, except those carried out to commercial premises, or over or close to public sewers.

Individual attachments must not exceed 5MB in size and the total size of attachments to one email must not exceed 25MB. Please send attachments in the following formats:-

• Text - .txt, .pdf, MS Office .doc, .xls, .ppt
• video - mpg, avi, wmv
• photographs - jpg
• CAD drawings - please convert these to PDF. Instructions for common CAD packages can be found in this Planning Portal guidance note.