The Building Regulations 2000

Particulars and plans where a building notice is given

13.—(1) A building notice shall state the name and address of the person intending to carry out the work and shall be signed by him or on his behalf, and shall contain or be accompanied by—

(a) a statement that it is given for the purpose of regulation 12(2)(a);

(b) a description of the proposed building work or material change of use; and

(c) particulars of the location of the building to which the proposal relates and the use or intended use of that building.

(2) In the case of the erection or extension of a building, a building notice shall be accompanied by—

(a) a plan to a scale of not less than 1:1250 showing—

(i) the size and position of the building, or the building as extended, and its relationship to adjoining boundaries;

(ii) the boundaries of the curtilage of the building, or the building as extended, and the size, position and use of every other building or proposed building within that curtilage;

(iii) the width and position of any street on or within the boundaries of the curtilage of the building or the building as extended;

(b) a statement specifying the number of storeys (each basement level being counted as one storey), in the building to which the proposal relates; and

(c) particulars of—

(i) the provision to be made for the drainage of the building or extension;

(ii) the precautions to be taken in building over a drain, sewer or disposal main as mentioned in section 18 of the Act(1) (building over sewers etc.); and

(iii) the steps to be taken to comply with any local enactment which applies.

(3) In the case of building work which involves the insertion of insulating material into the cavity walls of a building, a building notice shall be accompanied by a statement which specifies—

(a) the name and type of insulating material to be used;

(b) the name of any European Technical Approval issuing body which has approved the insulating material;

(c) the requirements of Schedule 1 in relation to which any body referred to in (b) has approved the insulating material;

(d) any national standard of a member state of the European Economic Area to which the insulating material conforms; and

(e) the name of any body which has issued any current approval to the installer of the insulating material.

(4) Where building work involves the provision of a hot water storage system in relation to which paragraph G3 of Schedule 1 (hot water storage) imposes a requirement, a building notice shall be accompanied by a statement which specifies—

(a) the name, make, model and type of hot water storage system to be installed;

(b) the name of the body, if any, which has approved or certified that the system is capable of performing in a way which satisfies the requirements of paragraph G3 of Schedule 1;

(c) the name of the body, if any, which has issued any current registered operative identity card to the installer or proposed installer of the system.

(5) Where a building notice has been given, a person carrying out building work or making a material change of use shall give the local authority, within such time as they specify, such plans as are, in the particular case, necessary for the discharge of their functions in relation to building regulations and are specified by them in writing.

(6) Neither a building notice nor plans which accompany it or are given under paragraph (5) are to be treated for the purposes of section 16 of the Act as having been deposited in accordance with building regulations.

(7) A building notice shall cease to have effect on the expiry of three years from the date on which that notice was given to the local authority, unless before the expiry of that period—

(a) the building work to which the notice related was commenced; or

(b) the material change of use described in the notice was made.

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Section 18 of the 1984 Act was amended by section 102(2) of, and Schedule 17 to the Local Government Act 1985 c. 51; the Building (Inner London) Regulations S.I. 1987/798; paragraph 6 of Schedule 8 to the Water Act 1989 c. 15; section 2(1) of, and paragraphs 39(1) and 39(2) of Schedule 1 to the Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 c. 60; and section 22(3) of, and paragraph 15(1) of Schedule 9 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 c. 19.