David posted
Following on from the previous thread the whole thing looks to be a
confused mess.

(1) Some sources say that BC cannot take enforcement action after 12
months have elapsed.

This is 99.9% true. The only exception is that BC can seek a so-called
s36(6) injunction from the High Court after the twelve months is up.
They never do this because it would cost a fortune and the benefits
would be tiny. The only time they *might* do it would be for a large
commercial building that is a serious danger to the public. It is
unthinkable that injunction proceedings would now be utilised in
relation to a minor item of domestic building work that took place years
before.

snip

Anyway, most Internet sources suggest that there are loads of properties
without BR approval and BC may not be too keen to know about it.

The vast majority of older houses are not compliant with current BRs and
never can be.

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Jack