Architects Registration Board renewal
Annual registration renewal with the regulator to keep the title, with the CPD record and the fee submitted on its cycle.
For architects
The year an architect carries, from planning consent to completion certificate
An architect's obligations do not stop at practical completion, and the dates set by planning, building control and the register all keep running afterwards.
No account needed to see the proposed desk.
The recurring work
What architects have to keep on top of
Every one of these has a date attached, a document behind it, and somebody who notices when it slips. This is what goes on the desk.
RIBA membership and CPD
Chartered membership renewed each year with a logged CPD total covering the required core subjects.
Professional indemnity renewal
Cover renewed with a limit set against project values, and confirmation certificates issued to clients whose appointments require it.
Building regulations applications
Full plans or building notice submissions to building control, with inspection stages and amendment requests answered inside the timetable.
Planning condition discharge
Pre-commencement conditions discharged on their own dates, since starting on site before discharge can invalidate the consent.
Party wall notices
Notices served on adjoining owners within the statutory period where excavation or works affect a shared or neighbouring structure.
CDM dutyholder records
Design risk information, the designer's residual risk notes and the health and safety file evidence kept for each appointment.
Project insurance certificates
Certificates of cover, and any latent defects or structural warranty documents, supplied to the client and the contractor during the build.
Planning permission expiry dates
Consents with a three-year start date watched per project, with any application to extend or renew raised before it lapses.
Completion and certification dates
Practical completion, the defects liability period and final certificate dates tracked so the certificate and the final payment are not stranded.
What it costs to carry it
The dates that matter most are the ones nobody is watching, because they fall between projects and after the drawings are done. A planning condition discharged too late can stop work on site, and a permission allowed to lapse sends a client back to a fresh application for a scheme that was already approved. The record of what was designed and when usually becomes urgent years later, in a dispute or a claim.
What the desk takes over
The desk works this list to its own schedule and reports what it did.
The consents calendar
Application dates, condition discharge deadlines, permission expiries and completion dates held per project with the responsible party noted.
Document chase
Certificates, warranties, consultant information and site records requested from contractors and consultants and followed until received.
Party wall and notice dates
Notice periods counted from the survey and raised in time for service on each adjoining owner.
Registration and CPD
Registration renewal, membership and the CPD record tracked with the evidence assembled before the renewal window closes.
What stays with the architect
Design responsibility, technical judgement and certification stay with the architect. The desk watches the consents, chases the paperwork and keeps the record; it does not decide what is buildable or sign anything.
Questions
Can the desk submit the planning or building regulations application?
It prepares the submission and the covering documents and works the date. Where a portal needs a one-time code, a verified identity or a signature, that step is handed to the architect.
How are long projects tracked across years?
Each project keeps its own dates, so condition deadlines and permission expiries stay visible on the desk even when the project is quiet.
Does the desk cover the construction phase?
It tracks dates and chases information from the parties involved. Site decisions, inspections and design changes remain with the architect and the contractor.
Put the architect's recurring work on the desk
Start with a name, a website and one sentence about what the business does. The desk proposes the list; the architect corrects it.