Areas we cover
We arrange and coordinate qualified specialists for building compliance across Yorkshire and the Humber, from Leeds, Sheffield and Bradford to York, Hull and northern Lincolnshire.
Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber covers the cities and towns of West and South Yorkshire, historic York, the wide rural area of North Yorkshire, and Hull, the East Riding and northern Lincolnshire around the Humber. Work ranges from new homes, conversions and rental property in the cities to extensions, rural buildings and commercial premises across the region.
We arrange qualified specialists for site work including air tightness and sound testing, EPCs, EICRs and fire risk assessments throughout the region. SAP and SBEM calculations, structural calculations, drainage design and building regulations drawings are prepared remotely from your drawings.
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.
Bradford Council notes a legacy of past coal mining in its district, and Sheffield asks for a Coal Mining Risk Assessment where a new building or substantial extension is proposed in a Development High Risk Area. Shallow workings and old mine entries can change foundation design, so the structural calculations need to take the assessment into account.
Related: Structural calculations, Building Regulations applications
Hull City Council states that 95% of the city is within Flood Zone 3a. Its sustainable drainage guidance asks major developments to limit surface water runoff, including a 50% reduction on previously developed sites, so drainage design and surveys of existing drains matter on Hull projects.
Related: Drainage design and applications, CCTV drainage surveys
Yorkshire Water provides water and sewerage services across most of the region, while Anglian Water’s area begins at the Humber north of Grimsby. Yorkshire Water’s consent is needed before building over or within 3 metres of a public sewer, and it will not allow building over manholes or near pipes larger than 225mm or deeper than 3 metres.
Related: Drainage design and applications, CCTV drainage surveys
Leeds City Council confirms that some areas of Leeds have been identified by UKHSA as radon Affected Areas. Where the radon potential at a site is high enough, new buildings and extensions need basic or full radon protection under the Building Regulations.
Related: Building Regulations drawings and plan review, Building Regulations applications
Leeds has an Article 4 direction covering areas including Headingley, Hyde Park and Woodhouse, Kirkstall, Chapel Allerton and Armley, where converting a house into an HMO needs planning permission. Letting an HMO also brings duties such as a fire risk assessment for common parts and regular electrical and gas safety checks.
Related: Fire risk assessment, Electrical installation condition reports (EICR), Gas safety checks
Popular in Yorkshire and the Humber
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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 for beams, openings, lofts and new structures, ready for building control.
Foul and surface water design, soakaway calculations and build-over applications.
Pressure testing to measure air leakage against the design target, with a certificate for building control.
Pre-completion airborne and impact sound tests between new or converted homes. New homes built to registered Robust Details can use that route instead, subject to the scheme conditions.
Energy Performance Certificates for homes being sold, let or newly built.
Assessments for commercial premises, HMOs and the common parts of residential blocks.
Questions
Yes. We arrange specialists across Yorkshire and the Humber, including West and South Yorkshire, York and North Yorkshire, Hull and the East Riding, and North and North East Lincolnshire. Calculations and drawings are prepared remotely from your plans.
Usually it needs thinking about early. Most of Hull lies in Flood Zone 3a, and the council publishes guidance on sustainable drainage and surface water, so it helps to have the drainage design in hand before applications go in.
Yorkshire Water’s area is not classed as seriously water stressed in the Environment Agency’s 2021 classification, but Anglian Water’s main area, which reaches south of the Humber, is. The 110 litre limit applies only where your planning permission sets it, so we check the conditions before the water efficiency calculation.
Some parts of the region are, including areas of Leeds. A radon report for the site through the British Geological Survey’s GeoReports service shows whether new buildings and extensions need basic or full protection, and we reflect that in the drawings.
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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