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Building regulations

Demolition of buildings

Where demolition of a building takes place, the owner must inform the Council. Calderdale Building Control Services control demolition work, under Section 80 of the Building Act 1984, within Calderdale. We will visit the site to ensure that precautions are in place to safeguard the public.

An application for demolition should be made to Building Control, six weeks prior to the intended demolition.

Minor demolition works, where the volume is under fifty cubic metres, are not controlled under the Building Act. Other exemptions are as follows:

• Where a demolition order has been made under the Housing Act 1957
• To internal parts of an occupied building
• Agricultural buildings that are not attached to a controlled building.

A Notification of Demolition of Buildings form is available to print out, complete and return to Building Control Services.

Contact Building Control Services .

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