Compliance & retrofit

Compliance Register

Buildings that have filed a Fire Safety Certificate or Disability Access Certificate and now carry a lifelong duty to keep those fire and access provisions maintained.

When a building is designed it usually needs a Fire Safety Certificate (Part B) and, where relevant, a Disability Access Certificate (Part M) before it is used. Those certificates do not expire - once a building has fire-alarm, sprinkler, smoke-ventilation, fire-stopping and access provisions, the owner has an ongoing duty to keep them working for the life of the building. The compliance register is the set of buildings that have filed those certs, built from the National Building Control Office public register.

Why it matters

It is the earliest structured signal of a building that will need fire and access servicing - fire alarms, sprinklers, smoke ventilation, fire-stopping and disability-access maintenance - for decades, not just during construction.

Where it shows up in the data

PlanningLeads publishes Ireland's compliance register on /compliance-register, sourced from the NBCO register and kept PII-free at building and area level - filterable by county and certificate type.

Common questions

Do fire safety or access certs expire?

No - the certificate is a one-off approval, but the building owner then has a continuing legal duty to maintain the fire and access provisions for the life of the building.

What is the difference between a Fire Safety Certificate and a Disability Access Certificate?

A Fire Safety Certificate certifies compliance with Part B (fire safety); a Disability Access Certificate certifies compliance with Part M (access and use). Many buildings need both.

Where does the compliance register come from?

From the National Building Control Office (NBCO) public register of certificates, published here at organisation and building level with no personal data.

This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice. Planning rules carry conditions and exceptions - always verify a specific case against the official source or a planning professional before acting.

Turn this signal into live leads.

PlanningLeads tracks compliance register activity alongside every planning application and commencement across all 31 local authorities - scored and filtered to your trade.