Terms and Conditions of Appointment

We will, based on your instructions, provide drawings to submit to a Building Control Body to comply with Building Regulations and / or obtain Planning Permission as necessary. These drawings and details may then be used to obtain quotations for the works to be carried out. We would stress that the drawings and details are produced primarily to obtain relevant Approvals. If the Building Control Body/Planning Authority requires any further information following approval there may then be a charge for this information. If any amendments are required after the Planning submission there will be an additional fee payable, the cost of which you will be advised. Once the drawings have been finalised to your approval, we will provide 2 full size copies of the drawings / calculations. If you require any further copies of these final drawings there will be a charge. All drawings are based on standard construction methods and standard foundation design. The drawings will contain general and specific notes which are to be treated as binding. We do not release drawings in AUTOCAD format.

Legal Compliance

All drawings are prepared in compliance with Planning guidelines and Building Regulations which are in force at the time of preparation. S H Architectural Services Limited accept no responsibility for drawings relied upon, which by virtue of a change in legislation and / or to Planning guidelines or Building Regulations, render the drawings non-compliant with such legislation / guidelines after the preparation of such drawings. No responsibility is accepted for any alterations from the approved drawings.

CDM Regulations 2015

Please be advised that the project is subject to CDM (Construction, Management and Design) Regulations 2015 and you should familiarise yourself with your responsibilities under this legislation where applicable. You can refer to the Industry guidance for clients [www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/regulation-changes.htm]. Nothing in our appointment or provision of drawings shall be deemed to create any appointment as or obligations as a duty holder pursuant to Regulation 7 of the CDM Regulations 2015

Building Safety Act 2022

In the case of regulatory construction work your attention is particularly drawn to your responsibilities under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the potential need to appoint a Principal Designer or Sole or Lead Designer. S H Architectural Services Limited will not take responsibility for any Principal Designer’s or Sole or Lead Designer’s role unless formally instructed and engaged to do so by agreement in writing.

Water Authority

The approval of the water authority may be required if you are building within 3 metres of a drain that serves more than one property. Your local Water Authority should be contacted for further information

PartyWall Act

A Party Wall Agreement may be required with any adjoining neighbours. You should make enquiries with your appointed building contractor or refer to www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/partywall.

Protected Species

Some species including bats, nesting birds and great crested newts are protected by law. If any such species are discovered either before or during the works, the works must be suspended and the local office of Natural England contacted for advice: http://www.naturalengland.gov.uk.

Terms of Payment

We refer you to our written quotation overleaf. We confirm that our fees as set out are payable upon completion of drawings, irrespective of whether those drawings are submitted to the Planning Authority/Building Control. If the period between your instruction to proceed and finalisation of the drawings extends over the period of a calendar month, we will invoice you at the end of each month for works completed to date. Please note payment is due within 7 calendar days of the invoice date.

Out of hours

There will be an additional charge for any visits requested out of our normal working hours Monday to Thursday 9am-5pm.

Further site visits

There will be an additional charge should further visits be requested on site in an advisory capacity. This should not be necessary providing that a competent contractor has been appointed.

General Data Protection and Bribery

We will ensure personal data is collected, stored and disposed of in a manner compliant with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations (“the GDPR”) and as set out in our Privacy Policy, which can be found on our website at http://www.sharchitectural.co.uk/.

The Customer shall ensure that in any dealings with S H Architectural Services Limited, neither the Customer nor its employees shall commit any breach of its obligations under the GDPR. The Customer shall inform us immediately if it becomes aware of any actions between the parties that could constitute a personal data breach under the GDPR.

The Customer shall ensure that in any dealings with us, neither the Customer nor its employees or agents shall commit any offence under the Bribery Act 2010 (“the Act”) including not engaging in any activity, practice or conduct which would constitute an offence under sections 1, 2 or 6 of the Act. The Customer shall inform the Company immediately if it becomes aware of any actions between the parties that could constitute an offence under the Act.