About our service
Our Building Control service provides a professional service to ensure your project complies with national building regulations. We cover all types of building projects. We have a surveyor available to speak to you about your project and to provide informal technical advice. This service is available between 1pm and 5pm on Tuesdays on a first come first served basis. building.control@islington.gov.uk Telephone: 020 7527 5999. Contact details:
Islington Building Control delivers its service through a team of experienced and highly qualified surveyors and a group of knowledgeable and efficient technical support officers. We offer a customer-focused service, tailored to the needs of individual customers. At the beginning of your project we will assign you a dedicated surveyor to discuss your requirements and look at options like fast-track or staged approvals and short-notice site inspections.
As a member of Local Authority Building Control (LABC), we are able to partner with other local councils to offer a nationwide service, registered details approval and warranties to suit a range of situations. Our public status means you can be sure of an accountable and thorough service.
Customers come back to us time and again because they know we work to keep standards high, projects running to schedule and risks to a minimum. Advantages of using our service are:
Advice, approvals and site inspections
Building notice – allows you to start work straight away
Full plans approvals – obtain approval for the whole scheme in advance
Pre-application advice
Same day inspections for urgent jobs
Staged approvals for complex projects
Specialist knowledge and expertise
Account handler approach
Development team approach for large jobs – brings all services involved in the project together for example access officers, sustainability officers etc.
Local knowledge of soil conditions, utilities and housing and building stock.
Local Authority Building Control (LABC) services
Nationwide service – partnering with other local authorities
Insurance and warranty services
Consultancy services such as Fire Risk Assessments, BREAAM, SAP calculations and more
LABC registered details approvals
Find more information please see LABC services
Our satisfaction ratings average over 90% but we are continually striving to improve. Feedback from our customers is essential to make sure we provide a quality service. For more information and our service charter see the Customer Care page.
Islington Council’s team provided the Building Control service for the Arsenal Emirates Stadium and a consultation and advice service for the London Olympics site. Please see the Case studies page.