Good Building Control rarely results in formal action. But does your team really have the necessary skills and competence if formal action became necessary?

This course provides training from informal day to day enforcement activity, through to carrying out investigations and going to court when formal action is required.

It will cover enforcement in areas of the Building Regulations, Unauthorised Work and Initial Notices, with an overview of the relevant changes in the Building Safety Act 2022, Building Act 1984 and the Building Regulations 2010 (as amended) from the 1st of October 2023.

CPD: This course counts for 4 hours CPD.

Cost: £85+VAT (please note a price increase of £5 per course from April 2026. Meaning the price for this course will be £90+VAT)

Platform: This course will be held via Zoom and will run for 4.5 hours including time for breaks.

Course Content & Learning Outcomes:

• Informal and formal enforcement
• The Building Act delegated powers/rights of entry
• Enforcement of Building Regulations - Enforcement Policy, Section 35 offences, Section 36 notices and the Stop and Compliance (35B &C) Notices in England.
• How does the Building Safety Act change enforcement for and by LA’s?
• Action against Building Control including current Case Law
• Enforcement of unauthorised work and regularisations
• Initial Notices - reversions
• Planning and investigation - Police and Criminal Evidence Act, witness statements
• Court processes - how to give evidence and what to expect.

Who should attend:

Building control managers
Principal and senior surveyors and team leaders
Building control surveyors
Practice managers, assistant building control surveyors
Trainees and apprentices

Are you a Building Control Manager with responsibility for budget setting and monitoring? Are you looking to move into a management role or do you have a finance background and now have responsibilities supporting the building control service?

If you are, and you want to gain a better understanding of the legislation that governs how building control finances should be managed and the guidance provided to support local authorities to do this, then this one day-course is just for you.

Even if you have experience of building control finances, why not refresh your knowledge and ‘sense check’ how your authority currently operates.

The session will cover all key topic areas, including:

• Legal framework for charging
• Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010
• General principles of the CIPFA guidance
• Worked examples of determining hourly rates and setting charges
• Budgets and forecasting

It is appreciated people will have different levels of knowledge, this course provides you with a great opportunity to learn and share your experiences in a ‘safe’ environment.

There will be group exercises to take part in and the course tutor will run through suggested ‘model’ answers.

In order to get the most out of the day, there will be some pre-work to do involving gathering some key financial data from the last financial year, we will use the data supplied as part of our discussions on the day., so it is important this is completed prior to the course taking place.

Cost: £150+VAT 

CPD: 6 Hours

Pre-Learning: Please note once you've booked your place on the course, you will be sent a few questions to complete and return before the course. The responses will be shared with the course trainer.

Who should attend:

• Building Control Managers
• Building Control Team leaders
• Building Control Principle Officers
• Business Finance Partners 

Spending a couple of hours with people with similar responsibilities and challenges to yourself, gaining a better understanding of charges legislation and guidance and having the opportunity to share your experiences and learn from others is surely something you would not want to miss!

If you are interested, please get in touch with us on bookings@labc.co.uk