Hi all,
A bit confused as I have now paid a warranty company for a 10yr structural warranty for the extension that will be started in the summer. As they also offered Building Regulation approval, I also instructed them to do the Building Control element through one of their Approved Inspectors.
Now having received the paperwork from the AI company, they make mention of 'Initial notification', nothing about full plans. My architect mentioned we would be going for a full plans application. I know the two are very different time-wise. Part of my build is a pre-fab construction which has a long lead time, so I'm reluctant to give the manufacturer the go-ahead on that until plans have been reviewed for Building control. If there is an issue with the pre-fab design, they'd need to know before manufacture, obviously.
My preference is to go for full plans application as it's a bit 'safer', but I realise can take 5-8wks for approval and that this is all done via the Local council, not an Approved Inspector Building Control service. Am I correct? Or is it possible to submit a full plans application to an AI?
Thanks!
OB
A bit confused as I have now paid a warranty company for a 10yr structural warranty for the extension that will be started in the summer. As they also offered Building Regulation approval, I also instructed them to do the Building Control element through one of their Approved Inspectors.
Now having received the paperwork from the AI company, they make mention of 'Initial notification', nothing about full plans. My architect mentioned we would be going for a full plans application. I know the two are very different time-wise. Part of my build is a pre-fab construction which has a long lead time, so I'm reluctant to give the manufacturer the go-ahead on that until plans have been reviewed for Building control. If there is an issue with the pre-fab design, they'd need to know before manufacture, obviously.
My preference is to go for full plans application as it's a bit 'safer', but I realise can take 5-8wks for approval and that this is all done via the Local council, not an Approved Inspector Building Control service. Am I correct? Or is it possible to submit a full plans application to an AI?
Thanks!
OB