Building control

District and borough councils are responsible for ensuring that buildings are properly designed and constructed so as to ensure the health, safety, welfare and convenience of people using them. All building work must comply with the Building Regulations current at the time the work is undertaken.

Top building control tasks

Find out about building control regulations and applications	Apply for a licence to store building materials on the highway
Apply for a scaffold licence (scaffolding companies only)	Find out about energy efficiency advice and assessments
Apply for a skip within the highway licence (skip hire companies only)	Apply for a licence to erect a structure which projects over the highway

District or borough council service - Building control - applications

Building control is are carried out by your district council (i.e. the authority you pay your council tax to). To find out about your scheme, please follow the link for your district council below.

Craven district council
Hambleton district council
Harrogate borough council
Richmondshire district council
Ryedale district council
Scarborough borough council
Selby district council