Areas we cover
We arrange and coordinate qualified specialists for building compliance work across the East Midlands, including Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Lincoln and Northampton.
East Midlands
Projects in the East Midlands range from extensions and HMO conversions in Nottingham, Leicester and Derby to new homes and commercial premises across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland. Radon, coal mining legacy and water stress all affect parts of the region, and each can change what building control or planning asks for.
We arrange testing, surveys, EPCs and fire safety checks on site with qualified specialists across the region. SAP and water calculations, structural calculations and Building Regulations drawings are prepared remotely from your drawings, so the desk work is not tied to the site location.
Local factors
These local rules and conditions affect what building control, the planning authority or the water company may ask for. We take them into account when we prepare your quotation.
Radon potential is raised over the Jurassic ironstones of Northamptonshire and the Carboniferous limestones of Derbyshire, and Derbyshire Dales is a designated radon Affected Area. New buildings, extensions and conversions in higher radon areas may need basic or full radon protection under Approved Document C and BRE BR 211.
Related: Building Regulations drawings and plan review, Building Regulations applications
Shallow coal lies around Chesterfield and Bolsover, east of Belper towards Ilkeston, and around Swadlincote, where the South Derbyshire coalfield runs into Leicestershire, and the Coal Authority has recorded mine entries and shallow workings in Newark and Sherwood. Most planning applications in the Development High Risk Area need a Coal Mining Risk Assessment, and its findings shape foundation and structural design.
Related: Structural calculations, Building Regulations applications
Severn Trent serves much of the region, and Anglian Water supplies Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland and parts of Nottinghamshire. The Environment Agency’s 2021 classification puts both companies’ areas here in serious water stress, which gives councils grounds to set the optional 110 litre per person per day standard for new homes.
Related: Water efficiency calculations, Drainage design and applications
Nottingham has a city-wide Article 4 direction, so converting a family house into an HMO for 3 to 6 unrelated people needs planning permission. Once let, the common parts of an HMO come under fire safety law, so a fire risk assessment and alarm checks are usually needed.
Related: Fire risk assessment, Fire alarm testing and servicing, Building Regulations drawings and plan review
Popular in the East Midlands
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Calculations for beams, openings, lofts and new structures, ready for building control.
Design-stage and as-built SAP calculations for new and converted homes, with the EPC lodged at completion.
Technical drawings and specifications, or a review of your architect’s drawings against the Approved Documents.
Calculations showing new homes meet the water use limit: 125 litres per person per day, or 110 where a planning condition requires it.
Pressure testing to measure air leakage against the design target, with a certificate for building control.
Foul and surface water design, soakaway calculations and build-over applications.
Assessments for commercial premises, HMOs and the common parts of residential blocks.
Energy Performance Certificates for homes being sold, let or newly built.
Questions
Yes. We arrange and coordinate qualified specialists for work across the East Midlands, including Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Lincoln, Northampton, Chesterfield, Mansfield and Loughborough, and rural Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland.
Parts of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire lie on coalfields. The Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority, publishes a map showing whether a site is in the Development High Risk Area.
Possibly. Both counties have areas of raised radon potential, and a radon report for the site shows whether new building work needs basic or full protection under Approved Document C.
Only where your planning permission requires it. The Severn Trent and Anglian Water areas are classed as seriously water stressed, so East Midlands councils may set it, and the 125 litre limit applies to all new homes.
Guidance on this page refers to England. What applies depends on the site, the building and the work, and your quotation confirms it. Approval and completion decisions remain with your building control body.
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