Homeowner guidance
- See also our video guides for homeowners.
Submitting a building regulations application
- Homeowner's guide to submitting a building regulations application (PDF, 221KB)
- Exemptions from Building Regulations consent (PDF, 57KB)
Extending and renovating your home
- View the 'Lancashire West guide to extending your home' online
- View the 'Lancashire guide to renovating your home' online
Homeowner guides
- Conversion of attached garages to living space (PDF, 189KB)
- Domestic extensions - key things to consider (PDF, 2.6MB)
- Getting your plans right first time (PDF, 188KB)
- Guide to building an energy efficient extension (PDF, 455KB)
- Homeowners guide to conservatories (PDF, 246KB)
- Guide to submitting a building regulations application (PDF, 136KB)
- How to be a considerate neighbour (PDF, 134KB)
- How to select a builder for a home extension (PDF, 260KB)
- Guide to installing solid fuel stoves (PDF, 3.8MB)
Building control advice leaflets
- Domestic conservatories and porches (PDF, 73KB)
- Means of escape windows (PDF, 22KB)
- Loft conversion advice for existing two storey dwellings (PDF, 90KB)
- Loft conversions further information (PDF, 20KB)
- Safety glass (PDF, 82KB)
- Replacement windows to dwellings (PDF, 52KB)
- Detached domestic single storey buildings exempt from building regulations (PDF, 40KB)
- Domestic timber floors (PDF, 97KB)
- Timber trimmer beams and joists - sizes and details (PDF, 75KB)
- Ceiling and flat roofs (PDF, 65KB)
- Part E resistance to the passage of sound (PDF, 53KB)
- Part P - Electrical safety in the home (PDF, 755KB)
- Choosing a reputable contractor (PDF, 41KB)
- Part H drainage and waste disposal (PDF, 40KB)
Last updated: 01 March 2018