Many jobs in the home need to be notified to and approved as being compliant with Building Regulations by a Building Control Body, either your Local Authority Building Control or a private sector Approved Inspector, unless carried out by installers registered with a Competent Person Scheme who can self certify that their work is compliant.

Planning consultancy calculator (https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/home-improvement/planning-consultancy-calculator) Planning consultancy calculator If the work has not been notified to a Building Control Body or carried out by a Competent Person Scheme registered installer the local authority will have no record that the work complies with Building Regulations. These records will be important when you come to sell your home as you may be asked to provide certificates of compliance with the Building Regulations. Some examples of notifiable work (not a complete list) are shown below. Those marked * may not needVisit www.competentperson.co.uk to see if there are members in your local area who undertake the type of work that you are interested in. If you want electrical work done then you can also visit www.electricalcompetentperson.co.uk to search for members. Scheme full name most repairs, replacements and maintenance work (except replacements of combustion appliances, oil tanks, electrical fuse boxes or glazing units, which do need to be notified)

Some examples of work that you do not need to tell a Building Control Body about but you can still use a Competent Person Scheme registered installer The installation of a complete new circuit – for example, a ring or lighting circuit, or a new circuit for a cooker, shower or immersion heater APHC, Benchmark, BESCA, Blue Flame, Certsure, NAPIT, STROMA Replacement windows, doors, roof windows, or roof lights in dwellings: Alterations to existing circuits – such as adding an extra power point or lighting point – but only in ‘special locations’. In England, special locations are the spaces around baths and showers. In Wales, special locations include kitchens and outdoors.APHC, Benchmark, BESCA, Blue Flame, Certsure, Gas Safe Register, HETAS, NAPIT, OFTEC, and STROMA Installation or replacement of oil-fired boilers and storage tanks: additional power points or lighting points or any other alterations to existing electrical circuits (except around baths and showers) You will be given financial protection to cover the event of non-compliant work being found where the installation company has gone out of business.