Apply for a building warrant

Please note that most building warrant applications receive a first technical response.

We aim to assess your application as quickly as our workload permits. Our performance typically meets and improves upon the national target for a first response.

• Building Standards performance

The time taken to gain a building warrant varies depending on:

• the size and complexity of your proposed work,
• the quality of the plans and information submitted, and
• the number and complexity of revisions required to show compliance with the Building Regulations.

Due to these factors, it is difficult to give an exact estimate of how long it takes to get a building warrant for an individual application.

• Progressing a building warrant application