St Helens Building Control - Facilitating Excellence

The St Helens Building Control team has a vast amount of plan checking and site experience between its Building Control Surveyors.  We also have a good blend of youth and experience among the inspectors.  Each inspectors works on their own area of the borough, so each has a wealth of local knowledge and can advise on any aspect of the application.  This section deals with varying types of application, from domestic extensions and alterations to multi million pound commercial projects.

We also have a dedicated Technical Support Team, who can offer advice on your Building Regulation application.  They can advise you as to whether the work you are thinking of carrying out requires permission, the fee's that may be involved or any other aspect of Building Control.

You can contact the Building Control office on the following numbers, 01744 676242 / 6240 or 3216.

Our current and recent project portfolio includes:

• St Helens College (Phase 1 & Phase 2)
• St Helens Hospital
• Building Schools for the Future
• Cowley Language College 
• Hope Academy
• Mere Grange Business Park
• Heyescroft Care Village
• Larchfield Care Village

We hope that you find our webpages user friendly and also easy to find the information that you require.  If you have any problems with the website or have any suggestions for us, do not hesitate to contact us.

Below are the links to all Building Control related pages.

Street naming and numbering register

Did you know that both St Helens Planning and Building Control departments offer a DTA service.  Below is an outline of what types of project the Development Team Approach can be of benefit too and what those benefits may be.

The Development Team Approach (DTA) is a service to help developers, architects and other

development professionals through the planning and building regulation process.

The DTA will give certainty as to the level of service that can be expected and give guidance and advice on the information required prior to and during the planning and building regulatory process.

This approach is recommended, although not exclusively, for developments that involve:

• 10 or more dwellings;
• retail, commercial or industrial development with a gross floor area of 1,000m² or more;
• complex small-scale developments.

 The DTA provides a co-ordinated response to your pre-planning application enquiry:

• improving channels of communication;
• minimising delays;
• ensuring consistent advice.

For further information on the DTA process, please take a look at the DTA booklet found on the documents tab on the right hand side of the page.

Would you like to partner with your Local Authority?

St Helens Building Control offers a Partner Authority Scheme, where if you are putting in an application in a different part of the country if you are partnered with us we will still check your plan and you will deal with us will all plan check related issues.  This saves you having to deal with all different local authorities around the country and gives you the one contact for all of your applications.

This scheme is aimed at anyone, whether you are a self employed architect or a part of a large construction firm we are interested in hearing from you.  We are currently partnered with around 16 different agents, architects and construction firms and are always looking to expand on this.

If this sound like something you may be interested in or you would like to find out more on this scheme, please contact our office on 01744 676242 / 6240 or E Mail buildingcontrol@sthelens.gov.uk

LABC New Homes Warranty

 LABC New Home Warranty (LABC NHW), together with LABC, can provide developers and self builders with a complete range of developer services to support build programmes from start to finish, from warranties, right through to sale with the Home Information Pack service. The synergies of providing these services under one roof allows them to pass significant cost savings on to you. Services available include:

• 10 year Structural Warranties
• Code for Sustainable Homes Assessments
• EPC, PEA and accredited SAP Assessments
• SBEM Assessments
• Acoustic Testing
• Air Pressure Testing
• Home Information Packs

The Health and Safety Executive

If you are having any construction or refurbishment work done, you may need to notify the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and you may also have other duties.  To find out more use the link below.