Preparing information for a building control approval application for a higher-risk building

Publication Year

2026

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Provides guidance on what information must be submitted to the building control authority when applying to construct, or carry out work on a higher-risk building in Wales. Covers: applying for building control approval, how to submit information for the application, details of the dutyholders for the building work, building details, drawings and plans, proposed work, site and drainage, site location plan, building regulations compliance statement, change control plan and making changes, construction control plan, competence declaration, fire and emergency file, fire compliance statement for category B work, mandatory occurrence reporting plan and partial completion strategy.

Document History

Sourced from: https://www.gov.wales/preparing-information-building-control-approval-application-higher-risk-building and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 18 June 2026.

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