We specialise in preparing Disability Access Certificate (DAC) Applications for submission to local authorities, ensuring your project meets accessibility requirements throughout every stage. Our expert team offers guidance on incorporating accessibility strategies in building regulations from the initial design phase to detailed design, tender, construction, and completion.
A Disability Access Certificate (DAC) is a certificate issued by the Building Control Authority confirming that the proposed building or works to which the application relates, if constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications submitted, will comply with the requirements of Part M (Access & Use) of the Second Schedule to the Building Regulations.
The Local Authority Access Department will process the Disability Access Certificate (DAC) applications for buildings and works in your area upon receipt of a valid Disability Access Certificate (DAC) Application.
Ideally, a Disability Access Certificate (DAC) application should be prepared by an Access Consultant, or a competent Registered Architect, or a competent Chartered Architectural Technologist on behalf of the building owner. Once submitted and valid the DAC application is then assessed by an access officer for compliance with Part M (Access & Use) of the Building Regulations.
When granted the Disability Access Certificate (DAC) is a certification for the proposed buildings accessibility and use design, if constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications submitted. It is not a certification for the access and use design of the building when it is completed. You will require further certification for completion of the building in this regard.
See here when a Disability Access Certificate is required.
