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Fire Safety Certificate

This is the standard application made for all new buildings. This standard fee applies to this kind of application.

Guidance notes for applicants for a fire safety certificate

 

Revised Fire Safety Certificate

This application is required in respect of works that have already been granted a Fire Safety certificate, but where significant revisions need to be made for reasons other than Fire Safety, eg. conditions attached to Planning Permission, changes in design, etc.

Guidance notes for applicants for a revised fire safety certificate

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7 Day Notice

A 7 day notice should be submitted when works are proposed to be begin prior to the grant of the relevant Fire Safety Certificate. 7 Day notices should be submitted not less than 7 days prior to the commencement of works, and mus be accompanied by a valid Fire Safety Certificate Application and a Statutory Declaration that the works will comply fully with the application made and any conditions attached thereto with four months of the Certificate being issued.

Guidance notes for submission of a 7 day notice
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Regularisation Certificate

If works or a change of use have already started or been carried out, you can no longer apply for a Fire Safety Certificate, you must apply for a Regulatisation Certiciate. This is similar to a Fire Safety Certificate, however the application must be accompanied by a Statutory Declaration that the works will comply fully with the application made and any conditions attached thereto with four months of the Certificate being issued.

Guidance notes for applicants for a regularisation certificate
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