Pre-submission advice - Talk to us first
With your project on the drawing board or even before, we will be pleased to provide free, confidential advice on all aspects of your proposal. Important areas such as fire safety, energy efficiency and access for the disabled can be agreed before projects reach tender stage.
We also produce two useful e-guides, one on extending or altering your home and the other provides guidance with renovating your home.
Our surveying staff all live locally and often have detailed knowledge of local construction types and ground conditions. Allied with our access to construction records of existing properties dating back many decades, a call to or meeting with your local BCP surveyor will give you the complete picture.
If appropriate, we can also involve other bodies such as the Fire Service or planning colleagues by setting up joint meetings to discuss your proposals.
Experience has shown that a pre-submission meeting can have a significant and positive impact upon design time and costs.
Our Access officer can review schemes at a very early stage and provide advice on the best way to comply with both Part M of the Building Regulations and the Equalities Act.
We can also talk with you about how we can tailor our service to meet your needs, why using the Building Control Partnership is the best choice, and of course the cost of the service.
You are welcome to drop into either of our offices before you make a Building Regulation application, or for larger schemes, we will come and see you.