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Just getting the site progressed with first fix prior to MBC returning and plasterboard, are there any hints, tips or checklists so items are not forgotten before walls are covered up? Back box heights, beyond the 450mm from floor level what are the heights for thermostats or is it personal preference? Best fix screw them to the service battens? Best way to support light pendants between roof joists? Support noggins for kitchen units is there a standard height Should a back board be used for such things as consumer units, manifold control units (and dismiss with the plasterboard)? Heavy items (buffer tank), best way to fix noggins? Boarding for internal walls before plasterboard? (for support)

Another thing with fast fix boxes is the quality of the cutting out of the board. Worth trying to keep intact the paper on the back of the board as it holds it all together. If you're fitting the box after the board you're likely not going to get a batten in. If you're really anal like some people you can carefully trim out with a multi tool and a fine toothed blade. On the cut edge you can paint on some PVA to help keep it all together. Makes a lovely neat job.....apparently EDIT: Or just buy a pad saw.....

Get the footings in Vijay - you have had the site cleared already - in the knowledge that there were no newts. You've done nothing incorrect - to enter talks about it would just bring more attention to it. It's like asking for a Bat Survey after a building has been knocked down. What I would do however is brief whoever is doing the footings on observing wildlife and looking out for newts - ensure you have provided guidance to them about it, and what to do if they discover a GCN. Remember - it's not a crime to develop your site. Be genuinely responsible - after all - the burden of proof is on planning etc.. - the fact is, the site has been cleared lawfully. I think it safe to say there ain't going to be any GCNs there regardless. You are a single house on a plot of land - this guidance is a tick box and given the progress to date, is pretty irrelevant to you. Different if out of a planned 400 houses, the land had been cleared for 50 and the rest had not been touched - you're getting caught up in something that doesn't apply to you any more I would say.