1st March 2012
Submit applications direct from our web page
From 1st March applications can be submitted to us directly from our web page
Payment of the requisite fee will soon be able to be made over the phone to us directly and also at a later date you will be able to pay on-line.
26th January 2012
Man fined over £2500 for non-return of form
A man was fined £350 pounds plus costs totalling over £2500 for not returning a form accompanied be a legal notice from the council. Under the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, the Section 16 form requires a person to declare any interest they have in a particular property or piece of land.
There is a legal obligation on a person served with such a form to complete the questionnaire and return it to the Council.
1st October 2011
Severn Trent Water will be taking over responsibility for all sewers.
This will mean that STW will have to be formally consulted wherever you intend to build within 3m of a sewer - this will affect virtually all terraced properties and most semi-detatched houses. Where the sewer is shown on Severn Trent's maps of sewers a Building Notice application cannot be used and a Full Plans application will be required.
20th May 2011
LABC Building Excellence Awards Winners
Best Commercial Development : Percy Gee Building, University of Leicester
Architects: Shepheard Epstein Hunter
Contractor: Morgan Sindall
Chairman's Award Winner : St Martins House, Leicester Cathedral
Architects : Pick Everard
Contractor: JH Hallam Contracts Ltd
6th January 2011
Man fined for carrying out illegal building work to bungalow
A man who carried out illegal building work to a bungalow and fitted potentially dangerous electrical circuits has been ordered to pay nearly £2,000.
Mohindor Singh (M S Builders) was prosecuted by the City Council on three charges relating to extension work he carried out on a bungalow in Essex Road.
Leicester Magistrates Court yesterday heard there were breaches of gas regulations and National Grid had deemed the boiler unsafe. Also the wiring was found to be dangerous. The electrician's view was the electrical installation could have resulted in danger to the occupants or a fire at the property.
Mr Singh had not applied for planning permission or informed building control officers about work he carried out on the Essex Road property.
Leicester City Council is responsible for ensuring that properties in the city comply with Building Regulations. When works take place they should be periodically inspected.
When the tenant complained that they had been feeling dizzy and unwell , they were advised not to use the boiler and it was found that the property had been extended and subdivided into two flats. A kitchen and bathroom had been fitted in the extended garage. The building works were incomplete but there were breaches of building regulations in the work that had been completed. There were issues with the structure, drainage, fire separation and insulation.
Mr Singh was sent several letters but did not respond to any of them.
Leicester City Council decided to prosecute and he was summoned to appear in court.
The charges Singh faced were failing to give building notice or deposit full plans, commencing building work without giving the local authority notice and carrying out building work and extending an electrical installation while failing to make reasonable provision to protect persons from danger or fire or injury.
Singh had also avoided paying £813 in building regulation fees, the court was told.
He was fined £1,250 and ordered to pay £734 prosecution costs to Leicester City Council, as well as a £15 payment for victim support.
4th January 2011
Building Control Fees Revised
Building Control fees (Scheme of Charges) have been revised in line with the increase in VAT
15th December 2010
Contravention of Building Regulations results in fine
Mr Obhi was fined by Leicester Magistrates for carrying out unauthorized building works in Heyworth Road. He had carried out work to convert a house into flats without submitting for Building Regulation approval and had not notified the Council of the work before letting the flats, as he was legally required to. Additionally work such as sound proofing had either not been carried out or did not meet current standards.
He was fined £225 plus a £200 contribution towards prosecution costs and £15 mandatory victim surcharge.
