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Who we are

Welcome to Southern Building Control Partnership. Our Partnership was set up in 2017 to bring together the combined experience and professional expertise of three established Local Authority Building Control (LABC) teams.  Staff work flexibly across Mole Valley, Reigate & Banstead and Tandridge Council areas. We have a base at the Oxted offices of Tandridge District Council where all written correspondence should be sent.

About our service

Whether you are a homeowner extending or altering your property or a construction professional working on larger scale developments, our team is here to provide you with support to ensure that your project complies with the requirements set out in the Building Regulations.

Information for customers of PWC Building Control Services Ltd

16 August 2024

We have been advised that PWC Building Control Services Ltd has gone into liquidation. Read their statement here.

What this means for PWC clients.

PWC will cancel the Initial Notice that they have submitted to us on your behalf. We understand that PWC will be contacting you to confirm cancellation and explaining how you can apply to the liquidator for a return of fees.

If your project has started on site

If work has commenced it is important that you contact us.

Southern Building Control Partnership is the Local Authority Shared Service for Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead and Tandridge Councils and your application must now revert to us.

You will need to submit a Reversion application (referred to by PWC as a Regularisation). This will enable us as your Local Authority to work with you and your contractors to ensure that your building work complies. This will mean that we will visit your property to assess the works that have already taken place and review the remainder of the project.

A Reversion application does attract a cost and we recognise this will be in addition to the fees you have already paid to PWC, but we must ensure we cover the costs of our service. The cost for our Reversion Applications is the same as our Regularisation applications. You can find details on our current fee scheme here.

To obtain a Reversion Application form please contact us.

If your project has not started

If work has not started, you must now find an alternative Building Control Provider. An Initial Notice from an alternative private sector provider or an application to us must be in place before work starts on site.

Details of our service can be found here.

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  • "Having worked in the industry for 40 years we have used several building control services and I cannot recommend any other organisation. From the outset the checking system is detailed and clear, the team is always approachable for advice and comment, the inspections prompt with some flexibility when critical stages are needed. The approach of the team is both professional and refreshing and I have no doubt results in fully compliant, well built quality projects."

    Jes Chandler, MD Stanton Construction Ltd

  • "Phil was very helpful explaining in detail all I needed to do to enable me to get the building regulations sign off for my loft conversion. At every stage he replied to my emails and phone calls very quickly and efficiently. Such a pleasure to work with. Thank you Phil. "

    Heather, Betchworth

  • "My experience with Southern BCP was excellent. I was in excellent hands and their kindness and support reminded me that there are some lovely people in the world. They reviewed my request carefully, and went out of their way to help me and did this in a very customer friendly way, whilst remaining very professional."

    Ms Martinez, Surrey

  • ""May I say it has been a great pleasure working with Southern BCP through this whole process with special thanks to Phil, who has made my life on site so much easier and I look forward to working with your team in the near future.""

    Peter Egan, Nineteen Thirty Two Ltd

  • "Dear Rob, thank you to you and your colleagues at Southern BCP for all your help. It has been a pleasure to deal with such a helpful and professional organisation. From my first call to your office everyone I have spoken to and the surveyors who have visited have been most pleasant and keen to offer sound advice."

    Mr Cordier, Reigate

  • "I would just like to say that you have been a pleasure to work with on this project. Your communication has been excellent and advice has always been helpful and proactive. We would gladly recommend SBCP to any of our clients that are in the area."

    Kevin Clarke, KJC Architects Ltd

  • "Helen was great! She was helpful and we looked forward to her visits. Thank you."

    Mrs E, Reigate

  • "...thank you also for your time & helpful comments during the course of our extension works, invaluable in overcoming issues in advance. From our point of view far better to be proactive in problem solving rather than reactive."

    Steve Rowe

  • "DMS Architects has a superb relationship with Building Control. The quick turnaround time of applications is a great selling point to our clients and to always have somebody to answer our queries is vital when projects are on site. The team are always looking for ways to improve their services which just adds to the reasons why we would highly recommend using them."

    David Synge, Director, DMS Architects

  • "Over the last 20 years we have built up an excellent relationship with the building control team, working on projects from small extensions to multi-million pound builds. Their technical competence and expertise is unrivalled. Same day site visits are never a problem and their willingness to offer advice on projects at pre-commencement stage as well as on site has been invaluable to us."

    Murtha Kavanagh, Director, Kavbro Build Ltd

  • "Our Building Control Partnership has been of great benefit to Scandia-Hus. The team provides a friendly, knowledgeable and efficient service. The experienced inspectors have a wealth of knowledge and are very approachable. The team understand our product and systems, and so any issues can be resolved quickly which is a significant advantage to our customers."

    Derek Dawson, Managing Director, Scandia-Hus Limited