Planning & Property

Name: Durham County Council Building Control
Address: County Durham, DH1 5UL
Telephone: 03000 262 832

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Building regulations

Information about the building regulations and further guidance you may find useful.

Pre-submission consultation service

A pre-submission consultation can provide you with all the information needed to help you through the approval and building process. This free consultation:

can reduce project costs
avoid delays
create awareness of building constraints
is impartial and provides for flexible payment of fees and charges
can include liaison with other council departments

Contact us to arrange a face to face meeting or phone call with a member of our team.

Additional building control functions

We are responsible for many functions, of which the principle one is ensuring the health and safety of people in and around buildings by the implementation of The Building Act 1984 and associated legislation.