Andrew Gabriel wrote:
It's not your problem -- you just do the building notice application.
The council is responsible for testing it (or subcontracting the testing,
and it will probably cost them more than the building notice costs you).


Just today I spoke to my local building control dept, enquiring about
the building notice charge for some work that also will involve
electrical work under Part P. They informed me that if the electrical
work was not carried out by a 'competent person' then I would have to
pay for an electrician to do the testing of the electrical work on top
of the £196 charge for the building notice.
How should I argue the case for the electrical inspection being included
in the building notice charge, bearing in mind that I don't particularly
want to **** off the building inspector before I've even started?!

What is your source that states that the council is responsible for the
testing as part of the building notice submission?

Thanks,
Ben