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Your local authority building standards service will be able to advise you on what you need to submit with your application for a building warrant. This can be done on-line through the eBuilding Standards.

The main requirements are:

• Plans and drawings in relation to the proposed work;

• The appropriate application fee;

• Certificates from an Approved Certifier of Design (if you are using one); and

• Confirmation that you intend to use an Approved Certifier of Construction or (if you know this at this point).

Why should you use the services of an Approved Certifier of Design?

If you are using the services of an Approved Certifier of Design, they will be able to advise you whether there are any design elements that need to be completed by a specialist third party (usually in relation to specialist systems and components). If that is the case, these design elements may need to be completed at a later stage so as not to hold up the building warrant application process.

Where this is the case, the Certificate of Design that you submit to your local authority should be accompanied by a Schedule 1 that describes these additional design elements. These elements will be noted by your local authority building standards service and will be subject to separate checks once the specific detail of those designs is complete. A Form Q must be submitted to the local authority when the design of the elements on Schedule 1 have been finalised.

If you make design changes after the building warrant has been granted you are likely to need an amendment to building warrant and a new certificate from the Approved Certifier of Design.