Local Authority Building Control

A Competent Person is a business that has been adjudged to be sufficiently competent to self-certify that its work complies with Part P of the Building Regulations of England and Wales.

A Competent Person must be registered with a scheme that has been approved by The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Schemes authorised by the DCLG are listed on its website at http://www.communities.gov.uk.

To understand why you should use a Competent Person, click here to download the consumer booklet.

This website has been developed by a collaboration of all of the approved scheme providers to provide the consumer with the ability to search for a Competent Person registered with one of the schemes.

While compliance with Part P of the Building Regulations is compulsory, registration with a Competent Person Scheme is not. Businesses carrying out work covered by the Building Regulations are encouraged to join one of the government's approved schemes. Alternatively, they may choose to continue to use a building control body.

Currently this site is dedicated to Part P of the Building Regulations, which is related to electrical safety in the home. It is intended that members of other Competent Person schemes will be included on this site at some time in the future.

For information of jobs that you must notify to building control, click here.

All of the certified Competent Persons registered to carry out electrical work have registered in schemes run by the following scheme providers. Should you have a query concerning any Competent Person you should contact the scheme operator on their number given below.

• BREC-ECA
  BRE Certification Limited and the Electrical Contractors' Association
  0870 609 6093
• BSI
  British Standards Institution
  01442 278577
• ELECSA
  Elecsa Limited
  0845 634 9043
• NAPIT
  Napit Registration Ltd.
  0870 4441392 or 01623 811483
• NICEIC
  NICEIC Group Ltd
  0870 013 0382