Apply For a Completion Certificate
To get a Completion Certificate for your project, you must complete the final stages of the building control process.
You should book a Final Inspection within 5 days of the work being completed. A Notice of Completion must also be signed by all duty holders.
Completing these steps helps us issue your Completion Certificate without delay.
A Completion Certificate can be issued once:
- we have carried out a satisfactory final inspection
- we have received a Notice of Completion signed by all duty holders
- your building control fees have been paid in full
- any required competent person scheme certificates have been submitted
Your Completion Certificate is an important document and should be kept safe. It may be needed by future buyers, solicitors, banks and building societies as evidence that the work complied with Building Regulations.
Guidance – Where a completion certificate was not issued
Certificates Issued Before June 2017
Please contact the relevant council directly. A charge may apply.
Certificates Issued June 2017 Onwards
Southern Building Control Partnership holds these records
New Developments
It’s important to note that new development or dwelling applications may be recorded under the original site address rather than a new or proposed address.
Copies of Final Certificates issued by Private building control companies (Registered Building Control Inspectors – RBCA) are charged at £88.00 per copy. We cannot guarantee that we hold a copy – please contact the team to enquire
Guidance – Where an application was not submitted
If your property searches indicate that you did not apply for building regulations for your project, and the work started after 9 November 1985, you can apply for the work to be regularised. More information on Regularisation applications can be found here
