Details on initial notices, applications and performance
Received 8 April 2026
Please could you provide the following data for each financial year from 2015/16 to 2025/26:
1. Initial Notices from Approved Inspectors / Registered Building Control Approvers
The number of Initial Notices received and accepted by the council in each year, broken down by:
a) Building type, using whatever categorisation is held in your case management system
b) New build vs alteration/extension/refurbishment
c) The identity of the Approved Inspector/RBCA named on each notice, where held
2. Lapsed Initial Notices
The number of Initial Notices that lapsed or were cancelled in each year, and where held, the identity of the Approved Inspector/RBCA named on the original notice.
3. Local Authority Building Control Applications
The number of building control applications received by the council in each year, broken down by:
a) Application type: Full Plans (FP), Building Notice (BN), Regularisation
b) Building type, using whatever categorisation is held in your case management system
c) New build vs alteration/extension/refurbishment
4. Performance
Any performance data held by the council relating to the Building Control Service, including but not limited to average application processing times, time to first site inspection, or any metrics reported internally or to committee.
Responded 7 May 2026
1.
2015/16 – 183 Initial Notices received, 37 Commercial projects and 146 Residential projects, 28 New Build and 155 extension/alteration/conversion projects
Split of notices: RH building Consultancy (63), MLM Building Control (27), Assent (27), Ron Hilsden (17), Gateway (10). Salus (7), NHBC (5), PWC (4), STMC and Jhai (3 each), Shore Engineering, London Building Control, Total BC, HCD, Quadrant and Aedis (all 2 each), BCS, Assure, Complete BC, JM Partnership Surveyors and GSA Building Control Consultancy (all 1 each)
2016/17 – 206 Initial Notices Received, 30 Commercial projects and 176 Residential projects, 37 New Build and 169 extension/alteration/conversion projects
Split of notices: RH building Consultancy (85), MLM Building Control (20), Assent (22), Gateway (16), Salus (2), NHBC (7), PWC (4), STMC (4) Jhai (5), Shore Engineering (2), London Building Control (2), Total BC (3), Quadrant (1), Aedis (5), BBS (7), Assure (1), Capita AI (3) OWL (7), Clarke Banks (1), Butler & Young (2), Build Insight (1), BRCS BC (1), BCS (1), HCD (2), Approved Design (1)
2017/18 – 209 Initial Notices Received, 32 Commercial projects and 177 Residential projects, 42 New Build and 167 extension/alteration/conversion projects
Split of notices: RH building Consultancy (89), MLM Building Control (18), Assent (5), Gateway (21), Salus (3), NHBC (5), PWC (5), STMC (3) Jhai (26), London Building Control (1), Total BC (1), Quadrant (2), Aedis (12), BBS (3), Assure (3), OWL (5), Butler & Young (1), Build Insight (1), BCS Integral (2), Capital AI (2), Greendoor (1)
2018/19 – 207 Initial Notices Received, 28 Commercial projects and 179 Residential projects, 29 New Build and 178 extension/alteration/conversion projects
Split of notices: RH building Consultancy (84), MLM Building Control (14), Assent (6), Gateway (28), Salus (2), NHBC (3), PWC (6), STMC (3) Jhai (23), London Building Control (3), Quadrant (5), Aedis (8), BBS (4), Assure (1), Capita AI (1) OWL (6), Butler & Young (1), Bureau Veritas (2), BCS Integral (1), Stroma (5), Regional BC (1)
2019/20 – 202 Initial Notices Received, 22 Commercial projects and 180 Residential projects, 49 New Build and 153 extension/alteration/conversion projects
Split of notices: RH building Consultancy (88), MLM Building Control (10), Gateway (29), Salus (7), NHBC (11), PWC (1), STMC (1) Jhai (16), London Building Control (2), Total BC (1), Quadrant (2), Aedis (4), Butler and Young (1) C3 (1), Complete (1), Harwood (2) OWL (12), Stroma (11), Prime Consultants (1, Regional BC (1)
2020/21 – 240 Initial Notices Received, 41 Commercial projects and 199 Residential projects, 42 New Build and 198 extension/alteration/conversion projects
Split of notices: RH building Consultancy (130), MLM Building Control (2), Assent (8), Gateway (27), Salus (7), NHBC (6), PWC (10), STMC (1) Jhai (8), London Building Control (2), Turton BC (2), Quadrant (2), AIS (2), SWECO (1), ACT (1), Compliance (1) OWL (6), Butler & Young (3), STROMA (9), Prime (1), Ball & Berry (1), Shore Engineering (6), JM Partnership (2)
2021/22 – 244 Initial Notices Received, 29 Commercial projects and 215 Residential projects, 44 New Build and 200 extension/alteration/conversion projects
Split of notices: RH building Consultancy (115), Assent (10), Gateway (34), Salus (4), NHBC (5), PWC (7), STMC (3) Jhai (7), London Building Control (9), Total BC (1), Quadrant (1), Stroma (15), AIS (5), ICW (1), Complete BC (1), Compliance (1), Shore Engineering (2), JM Partnership (2), Turton (1), All BC (1), Vantage (2), SWECO (3), Coast 2 Coast (3), LB Building Control (2), OWL (9)
2022/23 – 189 Initial Notices Received, 26 Commercial projects and 163 Residential projects, 39 New Build and 150 extension/alteration/conversion projects
Split of notices: RH building Consultancy (77), Occulus (3), Gateway (25), Salus (6), NHBC (6), PWC (2), STMC (1) Jhai (11), London Building Control (3), Total BC (1), Quadrant (4), Stroma (6), Alpha (1), MFA (3), BCS (1), All BC (1), Shore Engineering (4), JM Partnership (1), Total (1), ACT BC (1), Vantage (3), SWECO (4), Coast 2 Coast (3), LB Building Control (9), OWL (10), SOCOTEC (2), Premier (1), The Building Inspectors (1), C3 Design (1)
2023/24 – 190 Initial Notices received, 27 Commercial projects and 163 Residential projects, 22 New Build and 168 extension/alteration/conversion projects
Split of notices: RH building Consultancy (90), Gateway (21), NHBC (1), PWC (4), Jhai (7), London Building Control (2), Turton BC (1), Quadrant (5), ALL BC (1), LB BC (3), Vantage (4), Stroma (14), SOCOTEC (3), Shire Engineering (3), Salus (1), Cook Brown (1), SWECO (2), MFA(2), OWL (6), Bureau Veritas (1), Dunwoody (2), JM Partnership (1), AIS (1), Pro BC (1), Ball & Berry (1), ICW (1)
2024/25 - 163 Initial Notices received, 17 Commercial projects and 146 Residential projects, 14 New Build and 149 extension/alteration/conversion projects
Split of notices: RH building Consultancy (84), Gateway (19), NHBC (1), London Building Control (4), Quadrant (2), ALL BC (3), LB BC (5), Vantage (1), Stroma (24), SOCOTEC (1), Shore Engineering (3), MFA(1), OWL (3), Dunwoody (1), Harwood (1), Alpha (1), BCS (3), Build Insight (1), STMC (3), ICW (1)
2025/26 - 155 Initial Notices received, 26 Commercial projects and 129 Residential projects, 18 New Build and 137 extension/alteration/conversion projects
Split of notices: RH building Consultancy (61), Gateway (22), NHBC (8), London Building Control (8), ALL BC (2), LB BC (1), Vantage (6), Stroma (19), SOCOTEC (5), MFA(1), OWL (10), Dunwoody (1), Harwood (1), Alpha (1), Approved Inspectors Ltd (2), JM Partnership (1), Ebor Mills (1), Yorkshire Dales BC (2), Cook Brown (1), ICW (1)
2.
2015/16 – Total 7 – RHBC (2), PWC (1), Gateway (1), Total BC (1), Ron Hilsden (1), MLM (1)
2016/17 – Total 17 – RHBC (5), Gateway (2), MLM (2), Total (2), BRCS (1), OWL (1), BCS (1), Assent (1), NHBC (2)
2017/18 – Total 14 – RHBC (7), MLM (2), Darren Ettles (1), PWC (1), Greendoor (1), Integral BC (1), Aedis (1)
2018/19 – Total 19 – RHBC (4), Aedis (5), OWL (1), Gateway (6), NHBC (1), Assent (1), Quadrant (1)
2019/20 – Total 24 – RHBC (10), Gateway (6), NHBC (3), OWL (1), Aedis (1), Total (1), MLM (1), Jhai(1)
2020/21 – Total 14 – RHBC (10), NHBC (1), Assent (1), Butler & Young (1), MLM (1)
2021/22 – Total 30 – RHBC (9), Gateway (6), NHBC (1), Jhai (2), AIS (2), OWL (1), PWC (2), Assent (3). Quadrant (1), Vantage (1), LB BC (1), JM Partnership (1)
2022/23 – Total 19 – RHBC (5), LB BC (3), NHBC (4), Quadrant (1), Stroma (1), London BC (1), Jhai (1), Total (1), Occulus (1)
2023/24 – Total 11 – RHBC (2), Jhai (4), London BC (1), JM Partnership (1), SWECO (1), Stroma (1), LB BC (1)
2024/25 – Total 8 – RHBC (4), Stroma (1), LB BC (2), SOCOTEC (1)
2025/26 – Total 5 – RHBC (2), Stroma (2), Gateway (1)
3.
2015/16 – Total Applications 634 – Full Plans (372), Building Notice (221), Regularisation (41) - 38 Commercial Projects, 596 Residential Projects – 76 New Build, 558 alteration, extension etc
2016/17 - Total Applications 728 – Full Plans (401), Building Notice (299), Regularisation (28) - 44 Commercial Projects, 684 Residential Projects – 117 New Build, 611 alteration, extension etc
2017/18 - Total Applications 647 – Full Plans (384), Building Notice (222), Regularisation (41) - 32 Commercial Projects, 615 Residential Projects – 116 New Build, 529 alteration, extension etc
2018/19 - Total Applications 655 – Full Plans (385), Building Notice (237), Regularisation (33) - 28 Commercial Projects, 627 Residential Projects – 124 New Build, 531 alteration, extension etc
2019/20 - Total Applications 665 – Full Plans (353), Building Notice (280), Regularisation (32) - 37 Commercial Projects, 628 Residential Projects – 112 New Build, 553 alteration, extension etc
2020/21 - Total Applications 579 – Full Plans (300), Building Notice (248), Regularisation (31) - 18 Commercial Projects, 561Residential Projects – 85 new build, 494 alteration, extension etc
2021/22 - Total Applications 707 – Full Plans (396), Building Notice (282), Regularisation (29) - 55 Commercial Projects, 652 Residential Projects – 131 new build, 576 alteration, extension etc
2022/23 - Total Applications 618 – Full Plans (366), Building Notice (215), Regularisation (37) - 32 Commercial Projects, 586 Residential Projects – 104 new build, 514 alteration, extension etc
2023/24 - Total Applications 461 – Full Plans (241), Building Notice (195), Regularisation (25) - 25 Commercial Projects, 436 Residential Projects – 72 new build, 389 alteration, extension etc
2024/25 - Total Applications 468 – Full Plans (227), Building Notice (199), Regularisation (42) - 31 Commercial Projects, 437 Residential Projects – 38 new build, 430 alteration, extension etc
2025/26 - Total Applications 457 – Full Plans (238), Building Notice (176), Regularisation (43) - 33 Commercial Projects, 424 Residential Projects – 28 new build, 429 alteration, extension etc
4.
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