Partner Authority Scheme
We all like to work with people and organisations we know and trust. This is especially true when working on a difficult site, complex design or want to introduce innovative design features or construction techniques. When time and budgets are tight, it makes a big difference to get quick and friendly advice from a person you work with regularly.
This is why LABC Partner Authority Scheme offers you the opportunity to ‘partner’ with Sussex Building Control for the plans approval process on all your projects wherever they are located around the country. The scheme is free and non contractual.
You get consistent and coherent feedback and Building Regulations advice from your dedicated Building Control surveyor at an early stage which helps to eliminate unnecessary delays and speed up the process leading to formal Building Regulation approval.
We brief the local authority where your project is to take place who will then be responsible for site inspections. It’s the best of both worlds. Central management combined with fast, efficient inspections from a local team.
The benefits:
- Save time and money on wasted admin and travel
- A single point of contact in your chosen local authority you can talk to anytime
- Consistent advice on building standards
- Local inspections from a professional team near to your sites
- In-depth expertise available from specialist LABC experts on structure, fire, noise, access, contamination, energy and sustainability questions
- Simplified correspondence, faster resolution of queries and reduced paperwork
- Simplified fees and invoicing arrangements
- Electronic submissions and e-working
- Streamlined administration all the way through to the completion certificate
- Options to use LABC New Home Warranty or Latent Defects insurance for commercial buildings
- The use of the LABC Partner logo in onward communications to your customers, contractors and other professional advisors
If you are interested in PAS and would like to discuss joining Sussex Building Control as a partner then please contact our Business Development Officer, Vanessa Good.