Building Control Activity Data
Case reference FOI2026/00799
Received 8 April 2026
Published 28 May 2026
Request
I am writing to request data held by Guildford Borough Council on building control activities in your area under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please could you provide the following data for each financial year from 2015/16 to 2025/26:
1. Initial Notices from Approved Inspectors / Registered Building Control Approvers
The number of Initial Notices received and accepted by the council in each year, broken down by:
a) Building type, using whatever categorisation is held in your case management system
b) New build vs alteration/extension/refurbishment
c) The identity of the Approved Inspector/RBCA named on each notice, where held
2. Lapsed Initial Notices
The number of Initial Notices that lapsed or were cancelled in each year, and where held, the identity of the Approved Inspector/RBCA named on the original notice.
3. Local Authority Building Control Applications
The number of building control applications received by the council in each year, broken down by:
a) Application type: Full Plans (FP), Building Notice (BN), Regularisation
b) Building type, using whatever categorisation is held in your case management system
c) New build vs alteration/extension/refurbishment
4. Performance
Any performance data held by the council relating to the Building Control Service, including but not limited to average application processing times, time to first site inspection, or any metrics reported internally or to committee.
Response
Please find attached the response to your recent request for information.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Team
Guildford Borough Council
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