This Checklist sets out the requirements that must be met in relation to the documents provided with applications for building control approval and applications for completion certificates which are issued to the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

These applications are needed in relation to works which consist of the construction of a new higher-risk building (HRB) or works to an existing HRB. For information on the criteria for establishing if the building is an HRB, see Practice Note: Building Safety Act 2022—what is a higher-risk building?) and, where the works are related to an HRB, to ensure the requirements in Building (Higher-Risk Buildings Procedures) (England) Regulations 2023 (HRB Procedures Regulations), SI 2023/909, reg 31(1) are met.

This Checklist concentrates particularly on the form and content that the documents referred to in the application should take, rather than listing the documents that must be included in the application itself or being stored and updated as part of the ‘golden thread information’. For more information on the construction and occupation requirements for HRBs generally, see Practice Notes: Building Safety