Guidance Notes on Building Regulation Fees
Guidance Notes on Building Regulation Fees
The Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010
The Guidance notes on fees outline the charges under the above regulations for applications submitted to Rotherham Council. If you are submitting to another Local Authority please check with the relevant Authority for their level of charges as these may differ from those attached.
Explanatory Notes
Before you build, extend or convert, you or your agent must advise your local authority either by submitting Full Plans or a Building Notice. The fee payable depends on the type of work. If you have any difficulties calculating the fees, please contact us on 01709 823847.
Fees are payable as follows
Full Plans and Building Notices
Should you elect to submit Full Plans, you may pay all charges at the time of submission, however, if you wish to split payment there will be an additional £25 administration charge attached to the second fee. Building Notice Applications must be paid in full at the time of deposit. Full Plans; Building Notice and Regularisation application fees are payable by Credit or Debit Card payment on 01709 823847 or 01709 823899.
Refunds
For all application types there is a 14 day ‘cooling off’ period after which time no refund will be considered. Up to that time an administration fee will be deducted from any refund to cover the initial application plans processing and, the refunding process.
Regularisation Certificate
In respect of unauthorised building work, commenced on or after 1 November 1985, you will pay a regularisation fee to cover the cost of assessing your application and all inspections. The fee is equivalent to double the appropriate category fee before VAT is applied.
Table A
Fees for domestic small buildings, extensions, alterations etc. Where work comprises more than one domestic extension the total internal floor areas of all storeys of all the extensions on the application must be added together to determine relevant fee. If the extension(s) has a floor area greater than 120m² or where the estimated cost of the work exceeds £80,000, please contact us to determine the fee.
Table B
Fees for new houses. Applicable where the building has no more than three storeys and has a floor area, which does not exceed 300m². In any other case the fee will be calculated on an individual basis.
Table C
Fees for all other works. Where work comprises more than one domestic extension, the total internal floor areas of all storeys of all the extensions on the application must be added together to determine relevant fee. If the sum of the extension(s) > 120m² then please contact Building Control to determine the fee. Where the estimated cost of the works exceeds £80,000, again please contact Building Control to determine the fee.
If the proposed work falls outside of the tables attached, or consists of multiple works, please contact the Building Control office for these charges, as these will be individually determined.
Total estimated cost means an estimate accepted by the local authority of a reasonable cost that would be charged by a person in business to carry out the work shown or described in the application excluding VAT and any professional fees paid to an architect, engineer or surveyor etc, and also excluding land acquisition costs.
Where reductions in Fees are applied for repetitive or multiple works, they are determined on an individual basis.
Exemptions/reductions in fees
No charges are payable in respect of submissions/Building Notices for work to provide access and/or facilities solely for the benefit of disabled persons and/or includes work to provide or extend a room used solely for sleeping accommodation for a full time carer at an existing dwelling which is, or is to be, occupied by a disabled person. Form P4PL12 giving brief details of the disability must accompany the submission to qualify for exemption from charges. Note: The Council reserve the right to make a retrospective claim for fee’s should the work undertaken not for the use as described above.