Making an online building control application

This guide can be used to support you with making a building control application through our new Building Control Portal when it launches on 29 April 2024. 

Users registered with a Planning Portal account can create and submit building control applications online by visiting www.planningportal.co.uk¹ and selecting ‘Log in’ from the top-right of the screen.

Submitting applications online helps to facilitate a quicker and more responsive service. The service is provided so that all parts of an application can be completed and submitted electronically.

You will be presented with a welcome screen, showing the route to access planning and building control applications. Choose building control to start or access a building control application.

If you don’t have a Planning Portal account, you can register by visiting www.planningportal.co.uk/app² and selecting ‘Register for an account’.

Submitting to a building control body in Wales

For users submitting in Wales, if you have a Planning Applications Wales account then use this to access the building control service. Visit https://www.planningportal.co.uk/wales/applications and select ‘Building control applications’ from the right of the screen.

If you don’t have a Planning Applications Wales account, you can register by visiting https://1app.planningapplications.gov.wales/app³ and selecting ‘Register for an account’, using these new credentials to access as above. When you are ready to log in visit https://building-control-wales.planningportal.co.uk/app/building-control/applications⁴

Your rights and responsibilities

Please ensure that the information you submit is accurate and correct. Do not include personal information about third parties (including family members or sensitive information about an individual) unless you have told the individual concerned and they consent to it being supplied.

1. http://www.planningportal.co.uk
2. http://www.planningportal.co.uk/app
3. https://1app.planningapplications.gov.wales/app
4. https://building-control-wales.planningportal.co.uk/app/building-control/applications