Help understanding building reg acronyms

powerspowers

Hi,
I own a property which had a loft dormer extension in 2013. We bought it with no building Reg certificate but knew it had been registered and planned to get it regulated. I’ve just found it on the LA portal and it looks like this has already been done (as states accepted?). Any idea what the codes afterwards mean?

canaldumidi

That looks like a Planning Consent which is entirely separate from Building Regulations.

powerspowers

Hmmm my council has a separate portal for planning (in house) whereas building control is with an external company. Can’t find anything on planning portal for this address and the ref number is a different format. Could it be an application for building notice? 

Section62

I can't say this is what that organisation use them for, but from past experience -

BN = Building Notice

IN = Initial Notice

RG = ReGularisation

REV = REVersion

PRL is a blank at the moment.

powerspowers

Thanks section62. I think I need to bite the bullet and phone them. I hope regularisation showing means that things are done but then reversion doesn’t sound good! 

powerspowers

Ah am I right that reversion means it’s gone back to local authority rather than needing to revert back to how things were! 

Section62

powerspowers said:

Ah am I right that reversion means it’s gone back to local authority rather than needing to revert back to how things were! 

Yes, reversion to the LA.

DBCP are a partnership of local authorities, so it could be as benign as on completion of the work the file is passed back to the relevant LA, rather than continuing to be held by the partnership.

powerspowers

Thanks section62!