About building regulation approval
If you are looking to carry out a building project, such as an extension or loft conversion, you may need to apply for building regulation approval.
To find out if your proposed development requires building regulation approval, visit the building regulations section of the National Planning Portal and look at the interactive home guide. You can also use our Merseyside guide to extending your home.
Apply for building regulation approval
Building regulations set standards for the design and construction of buildings for health and safety purposes, energy conservation and access to and about buildings.
Applications can be submitted on the planning portal website through the following link.
Planning permission
Complying with building regulations is a separate matter from getting planning permission for your work.
The Planning Portal website has an interactive home guide which will help you identify if you need building regulation approval, planning permission or both.
Developers
If you are a developer and familiar with building regulations and the building control system, you can find technical guidance organised around 'Parts A to P' of the requirements of the regulations on the National Planning Portal.
Electrical safety
Find out more about electrical safety in the download below.
Application form
If you would prefer to fill in a hard copy of the application form, and email it over to us, please follow these steps:
Download the application form
Building Notice Application Form
OR
Full Plans Application Guidance & Checklist
Please Note: If you are unsure which form you should use or type of application you should submit, please see the following link or contact Knowsley MBC Building Control on 0151 443 2362 or by email at bcsubmissions@knowsley.gov.uk
Information about Building Regulations
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Once the form has been filled in and emailed to the following email address:
Paying for your application
Please follow the next steps to pay for your application:
Online
You can pay for your application online. Please ensure you forward the payment confirmation to bcsubmissions@knowsley.gov.uk
Telephone
0151 443 2362
Retrospective Approval
If you have already carried out the work and require retrospective (regularisation) approval, please contact Knowsley MBC Building Control on 0151 443 2362 or by email at bcsubmissions@knowsley.gov.uk
More information
Communities and Local Government approved building regulation documents and publications.