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Construction phase plan
Answer the questions a plan actually turns on and take away a finished document — on screen, printable, in your own words. Free, no account, nothing stored.
The job · step 1 of 2
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Your plan
Answer the steps and the finished plan appears here — on screen, printable, yours to take away. Nothing is saved and there is no account.
The job, step 1 of 2. The job and the site
Writing one of these for every job?
HubTrack keeps the plan with the job — alongside the people and their tickets, the notification answer, and the record of who signed off what — and keeps your details so the next plan starts where the last one finished.
What a construction phase plan actually is
It is the document that says how this site will be run safely: who is in charge, how people are kept informed, what the site rules are, which dangers are present and what is being done about them. It is required for every construction project — one contractor or many, commercial or domestic — and it belongs to the contractor in control of the work.
A good one is short, and that is official. HSE’s guidance tells dutyholders the plan should be relevant and proportionate, and should not include generic risk assessments, records of decisions or detailed method statements — padding gets in the way of a clear understanding. Most templates sold online do exactly what the guidance says not to. This tool asks only questions whose answers appear on the document.
It is never approved, and it is never finished. Nobody stamps a plan. It is reviewed and revised as the job changes, which is why the document this tool produces carries a working-document line rather than anything that reads like a certificate. No tool can make a site compliant — this one saves you the evening, and the duty stays where the law puts it.
Notification is a different question. Whether a project must be notified to HSE has its own thresholds and its own form, and the plan is needed either way. If your figures cross the thresholds, the document says so plainly and points at the free F10 checker.
Sources, each checked 2026-08-07: Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015; HSE L153, Managing health and safety in construction (2015); HSE CIS80, Construction phase plan — what you need to know as a busy builder. This plan follows the Great Britain regulations.
Questions people ask
Who has to draw up the construction phase plan?
The principal contractor where more than one contractor is on the project, or the contractor where there is only one — before setting up the construction site. The client has to make sure one exists before the construction phase begins.
Do I need one for a small domestic job?
Yes. A plan is required for every construction project, including domestic work — there is no small-job exemption. On a domestic job the client's duties travel to the builder, so in practice the builder both writes the plan and makes sure it exists.
What has to be in it?
The health and safety arrangements for the construction phase, the site rules, and — where work on the regulations' particular-risks list is involved — specific measures for that work. HSE's own guidance says the plan should be proportionate and should not be padded with generic risk assessments or method statements.
Does the plan get sent to HSE or approved?
No. Nobody approves a construction phase plan — it is yours, kept with the job, reviewed and revised as the work changes. Anyone claiming a plan is approved, or that software output is automatically compliant, is telling you something the regulations do not say.
Is this the same as my risk assessments and method statements?
No — they are separate documents with separate jobs, and HSE guidance explicitly says the plan should not contain them. The plan says how the site is run; the risk assessments and method statements say how each task is done safely.
Is my project notifiable to HSE as well?
That is a separate question with separate thresholds, and needing a plan does not depend on the answer — every project needs a plan, notifiable or not. Our free F10 checker works the thresholds against your own figures.