External building control guidance and trusted traders

Building control guidance

Local Authority Building Control (LABC)

Visit the LABC website for: 

• practical advice for homeowners on extending, renovating or building a home
• guidance for professionals to help understand building regulations from design to completion
• local authorities' resources, learning and qualifications, standards and consultancy for members

GOV.UK planning and building control guidance

Visit GOV.UK for guidance on: 

• building control performance standards and supporting guidance
• building regulations

Party wall advice

• Get party wall advice (Pyramus and Thisbe)
• Get party wall advice (FPWS)
   

Find a trusted professional

• Register of architects
• Find a building engineer
• Find a chartered building company
• What Trader? Scheme
• Find a builder
• Search for a competent person scheme
• Find or check a gas engineer

Health and safety

• Report a health and safety issue (Health and Safety Executive)
• Checking our buildings for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)
• Register a cooling tower
• Find out more about health and safety