What to do if Assent Building Control was your Approved Inspector.

Assent Building Compliance, along with subsidiaries such as Oculus Building Consultancy Ltd and LB Building Control Ltd, ceased trading in early November 2025 after entering insolvency. 

Their directors have stated that 'despite tireless efforts a rescue solution has not been reached to date. It is understood that Assent and its subsidiaries have been working on thousands of building control projects nationally. 

So, what does this mean for Assent’s clients? What should they do? 

The good news is it’s not the end of the road, they can revive their application through the local authority. The not so good news is that the submission through Assent is essentially a lost application and that all fees paid to them would have been wasted, unless at the very least, they are in possession of their plans. 

This is because the local authority now has to pick up the pieces—these applications are technically, retrospective; also known as ‘already started submissions’ and only councils have the capacity to deal with them because private licensed inspectors are not insured for such applications. 

So what’s the process? 

If you were with Assent or any of its subsidiaries a new application has to be submitted and depending on which stage of the construction process the project has run to, some of the works may have to be opened up in order to reveal the key areas of work such as steel sizes, insulation and foundation depths to name a few. 

Whilst we at B-R-A do have private licensed inspectors we work with, the impact of this recent calamity demonstrates that local authority building control continues to be more stable in what is becoming an ever more challenging environment. 

If you require our services for retrospective / all ready started submissions, contact us here and we’ll be pleased to help you through.