Design & approvals
A qualified fire engineer sets out how a building is designed to meet Part B: means of escape, fire spread, compartmentation, detection and fire service access. You receive a fire strategy report for building control and, where needed, a fire statement for planning.
Building control needs to see how a design meets Part B. For a house this is often shown on the drawings; flats, conversions, commercial premises and mixed-use buildings usually need a written fire strategy. Approved Document B is the usual guidance, but other ways of complying can be used where suitable, such as BS 9999, BS 9991 or a fire engineered approach.
Planning can ask for fire information too. Under planning gateway one, applications for buildings of 18 metres or seven storeys or more with two or more homes need a fire statement on the government form, and in London, Policy D12 of the London Plan asks for a fire statement with major applications.
Work to buildings covered by the Fire Safety Order must use a full plans application. Fire safety information then has to be handed to the responsible person by completion or occupation, and the strategy forms part of it.
Your written quotation confirms the exact scope, what is included and any limits for your building.
A fire strategy report with marked-up plans for your building control application, and a fire statement for planning where the scheme needs one. The strategy also feeds the fire safety information handed over at completion.
Sent as a PDF. We can send it to your building control body or agent on request.
Our reports and testing support the compliance process. Approval and completion decisions remain with your building control body: the local authority, a registered building control approver, or the Building Safety Regulator for higher-risk buildings.
Send what you have. Missing details will not stop an enquiry; we will tell you anything still needed.
A fire strategy is a design document showing how the building is intended to meet Part B. A fire risk assessment is required under the Fire Safety Order once premises are in use, and is kept under review.
Yes. Building control approval comes from the Building Safety Regulator, which expects detailed fire information before work can start. We confirm the scope in the quotation.
We prepare it to the guidance your building control body expects, but approval decisions rest with them.
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Preparing and managing your Building Regulations application through the route that suits the project: the local authority, a registered building control approver, or the Building Safety Regulator for higher-risk buildings.
Surveys of fire-stopping and compartment walls in roof voids, risers and ceilings.
Assessments for commercial premises, HMOs and the common parts of residential blocks.
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