Building Practitioners Board cancels builder’s licence

• Building Practitioners Board has cancelled builder Matthew Biddle’s licence.
• Decision means that he is no longer authorised to carry out restricted building work.
• Consumers urged to check LBP register when hiring building practitioners.

The cancellation of his Design Class 1 licence means that Mr Biddle will no longer be authorised to carry out or supervise restricted building and design work and is unable to reapply to be licensed under the LBP scheme for a period of 2 years.

A public register with the names of all LBPs is available and the practitioners should be able to show their licence card when asked. Anyone who is engaging a builder to carry out restricted building work is encouraged to check if they hold a licence by looking them up on the LBP public register.

Public register(external link) — LBP

Read the full details of the decision on the LBP website:

Biddle [2023] BPB CB26235 – Penalty Decision(external link) — LBP