Failure to submit a Commencement Notice when required is an offence. If you commence works or a change of use in the absence of a Commencement Notice, there is no provision to retrospectively submit a Commencement Notice.
For works subject to S.I. 9 of 2014, you will be unable to submit a Certificate of Compliance on Completion, and your building will not be recorded on the public register. This may affect your ability to lease or sell the building.
FAQs
A Commencement Notice is a notification to a Building Control FAQs Authority that a person intends to carry out works or a material change of use to a building which the Building Regulations apply.
The notice must be given to the authority not more than 28 days and not less than 14 days before the commencement of works or the change of use. Once validated by the Building Control FAQs authority, works must commence on site within the 28 day period.
To lodge a Commencement Notice Log into https://www.nbco.localgov.ie/
Yes. You may appoint yourself as the builder if you believe you are competent to carry out that role and sign the Certificate of compliance (Undertaking by Builder).
As the builder, you are responsible for compliance with the Building Regulations.
You must sign the Certificate of Compliance on Completion and you must also appoint an Assigned Certifier to inspect the works during construction.
The Building Control FAQs Regulations apply to new buildings, extensions, material alterations and changes of use of buildings. They promote observance of the Building Regulations by supplementing powers of inspection and enforcement given to Building Control FAQs Authorities.
The Building Control FAQs Regulations regulate:
- Commencement Notices & 7 Day Notices
- Fire Safety Certificates, Revised Fire Safety Certificates and Regularisation Certificates
- Disability Access Certificates and Revised Disability Access Certificates
- Maintenance of Registers
- Fees
- Statutory registration of Building Control FAQs activity
Failure to submit a Commencement Notice is an offence and may have serious consequences, which cannot be regularised at a later date.
You may have difficulties in selling your property if you cannot prove that the statutory requirements relevant to the property have been met.
A competent person may generally be regarded as a person who possesses sufficient training, experience, and knowledge to enable them to undertake the project tasks they are required to perform having regard to the nature of the project and its scale and complexity. Competence can be verified, for instance, by reference to involvement on previous similar projects. One way of choosing a competent builder is to select a builder included on the Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI). Further details may be found on www.ciri.ie
Please contact the County Council on 0818 06 5000.
Please contact the County Council on 0818 06 5000.
Please Contact the County Council on 0818 06 5000.
Email customerservice@rehabglassco.ie to make arrangements to have the bring banks emptied and c.c. the email to environment@tipperarycoco.ie.
