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Before you start work

 
Greenwich Building Control is required by law to check your building work from time to time as it progresses.

When to notify us

First we need to know when your building work will start. You must tell us two days before starting.

Some work is quickly covered up as a project continues. It is not easy to expose this work for checking and so the law requires you to tell us one day before:

  • Covering any foundation excavation
  • Laying any backfill over a foundation
  • Laying any cover to a damp-proof course
  • Laying any over-site material
  • Covering a drain or sewer
You must also let us know within five days of:

  • Completing the work
  • Occupying a new building before the works are completed

Talk to a Building Control surveyor

These items don’t apply to every job. It is often best to tell us when work starts and then speak to a Greenwich Building Control surveyor and agree what else will apply. The surveyor may ask for different notifications based upon your particular job or may just call in.

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