Stratford Building Control Privacy Statement

Stratford Building Control Privacy Statement

The personal data that you provide will be used to process your Building Control application (Pre application/Building Notice/Full plans/Partnership/Cross-Boundary/unauthorised works/Regularisation) Initial Notice as applicable, and competent person notification. Demolition Notice/Dangerous structure reporting form.

To identify the Owner of the property, Architect and Developer as appropriate, associated details and information related with the development.

The Council is under a legal obligation to collect and process this information, under the Building Act 1984 & requirements laid down by The Building Safety Regulator.

You must complete the appropriate form or submit electronically in order for the Council to process your application. If the form is incomplete the Council will not be able to process your application.

Your personal data will be shared within the relevant departments at the Council and if necessary any partners who we have lawfully had to share your data with to deliver services on our behalf.

If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence, transaction or telephone call. We use this information held about you to allow us to contact you directly via telephone, email or any other correspondence to ensure that we can provide a customer focused service.

We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.

Stratford on Avon Building Controls Website contains links to and from third parties. If you follow a link to any of these websites, these websites should have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Your personal information that you provide will be kept permanently, and for a minimum period of 15 years. The Council can be required to disclose your personal information to government agencies and for research purposes. Your name and the address of the property will be entered in a publicly accessible register.

Stratford on Avon Building Control is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy notice.

You have the right to access your personal information and to complain if you think your information has been used incorrectly or unfairly; you may also have other rights that apply. For further details on your rights and the contact details for the Data Controller and the Data Protection Officer, please see the Council's Full Privacy Notice.