Public Access Database

You can access the Building Control Register to search for Building Regulation applications in Milton Keynes that have commenced and/or completed since 1997. This includes public register of Initial Notices, work completed by Competent Persons Schemes and planning application - please note that Planning is a separate department.

For a complete search (CON29), please contact Land Charges.

For specialised Building Control search (pre/post 1997), please contact us.

For information on how obtain copies of, and gain access to building control records, please contact us.

Understanding Building Control Records

Description of works - what work is covered under the application.

Site address - the address the work relates to.

Reference Numbers

Building control reference numbers (*****) are unique to each application but may also relate to applications handled by other bodies, such as Registered Building Control Approvers (RBCA), formerly Approved Inspectors (AI), or Competent Person Schemes. The suffix indicates the type of application.

Post-October 2024 reference number:

• BC/BN/YY/***** – Building Notice
• BC/FP/YY/***** – Full Plans
• BC/RC/YY/***** – Regularisation or Reversion
• BC/NOT/YY/***** – Notification for Initial Notices received from RBCA (contact us for further detail) and Competent Person Scheme (contact scheme provider directly)

Pre-October 2024 reference number:

• YY/*****/(DEX, DGA, DRO, OTH, DOM)BN – Building Notice
• YY/*****/CWI - Cavity Wall Insulation Building Notice
• YY/*****/(DEX, DGA, DRO, OTH/OTHFP, MUL/MULFP) – Full Plans
• YY/*****/(PAS/ PASI, PASP) – Full Plans partnership
• YY/*****/OTH – Full Plans for commercial work
• YY/*****/DOM/DOMFP – Full Plans for new houses or flats
• YY/*****/UNAUTH – Unauthorised Work where no application received
• YY/*****/ARC – Regularisation
• YY/*****/REV – Reversion
• YY/*****/(EBC) – Exempt building certificate
• YY/*****/IN –Initial Notices from Registered Building Control Approver (RBCA) or formerly an Approved Inspectors (AI) – please contact us for further detail.
• YY/*****/(See suffixes below) – Competent Person Scheme – please contact scheme provider directly.

Post-1997 reference number:

• BR/NUMBER/YEAR - Not on Public Access Database and any CON29 search. Please contact us for further detail.

Historical Property Search and Documents Copy 

If you want us to reveal building control applications which are not indicated on a local search (i.e. anything before August 1997) then you will need to request a historical property search for Building Regulations. 

Building Control documents may be available for viewing for any applications referred to on the online portal or those revealed in a CON29 search. Please note some physical file, containing copies of documents, will have been destroyed in accordance with our retention policy.

There is a fee for this service. Please contact us for further detail.