How do I mark a section as Not Applicable, and what does it do?

What Not Applicable is for

Not every Part L detail exists on every dwelling — a plot might have no external door threshold at ground floor, or no mechanical ventilation ductwork outside the heated envelope. For those cases, each photo section and sub-section carries a Not Applicable tick box. Ticking it declares, in the report your assessor receives, that the detail does not exist on this plot — which is a different and far better statement than leaving the section empty.

Use it only when the detail genuinely is not present. "I forgot to photograph it before it was boarded over" is not Not Applicable — that is a conversation with your assessor.

Marking a section

1. Open the plot and expand the section.
2. Tap the Not Applicable box under the sub-section (or under the whole section for ones without sub-sections).
3. Choose why it doesn't apply: "Not in this house type", "Shown in another photo", "Another reason…" to type your own, or "Mark N/A without a reason". Cancel leaves the box as it was.
4. The box ticks, and the section's completion status updates — an N/A sub-section counts as complete, so your progress bar and the section's Complete tick reflect it.

What it does in the report

• The report PDF prints "Marked as not applicable" under that heading, in place of photos, followed by your reason if you gave one (for example "Marked as not applicable — Not in this house type").
• If the section had photos in it when you ticked N/A, those photos are not printed in the report PDF for that section — the N/A declaration takes precedence. (They are still included in the photo archive that accompanies the report, so nothing is hidden from the assessor.) If you meant to show the photos, untick N/A before sending.

Undoing it

Tap the same box again. The tick clears and the section returns to normal — photos previously added to the section reappear in the report on the next send. Nothing is deleted by ticking or unticking N/A.

If the save fails

The tick saves to your project the moment you tap it. With no signal it stays ticked, the app says "N/A saved — will sync when you're back online", and it reaches your project when you reconnect. Only if the save is refused outright does the app put the box back and show "Unable to save the N/A status. Please try again." Either way, what you see is what your report will say. Try again when you have signal; if it repeatedly fails with good signal, contact support.

One honest caveat

Ticking N/A is your declaration, and your assessor may still query it — they know which details a dwelling of your type should have. If in doubt whether a detail applies, a photo is always the safer answer than an N/A.