What happens when the notice window closes on a variation?

1. Nothing about the variation is locked. You can price it, re-price it, put it to the builder, record their approval or their knock back, say how far the work has got, or drop it. All of it works as it did the day before the window closed.
2. The closed window does one thing: it keeps the variation off a claim on its own. A claim also does not take a figure against it. That is the entitlement question, not a setting.
3. Record their approval, and the claim carries it in full. A builder who agreed to pay has answered the notice point, so the approval beats the closed window. Use this path when they do not care about the paperwork.
4. If the notice did go out but is not on the record, enter the date under Notice given. The row then shows that date, not a deadline. YourCA does not decide if it was in time.
5. It stays in your not agreed yet figure the whole time, because it is still work you did. It is also counted on the barred by a late notice line, so you can see it.