Building Control team overview

The Breckland Council Building Control team are committed to providing you with the best possible service. The Building Regulations are designed to facilitate the health and safety of persons in and around buildings, energy conservation, and access for all.

Our service pledge to you

• We encourage pre-application discussions.
• We will include other Breckland or outside services in application meetings, such as Planning, Environmental Health, and the Fire Service.
• We will pull a full Development Team together to reach the satisfactory completion of larger projects.
• We will check your application and provide an initial response within 15 working days from receipt of a valid application.
• We will issue a decision on your application within the statutory time periods of five weeks, or eight weeks if an extension of time has been requested.
• We will visit your site within 24 hrs (providing requests are received before 4.00pm the previous day)

Anglian Water Maps

Visit the Anglian Water website (opens new window) for information on building over water.

You can also contact Building Control by telephone (01362 656870) or email (building.control@breckland.gov.uk) for more information. To help your enquiry, please provide us with the full site address and postcode.

Domestic Projects

Where you are planning to undertake works in relation to a domestic property, ourhomeowner's guide (opens new window) may be able to help.