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The Building Act 1984
The Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 1998

The relevant charge(s) is based on the type of application you make: (please make cheques payable to South Cambridgeshire District Council)

Please note some supplementary charges are now made for additional administrative work, such as letters for solicitors and searches

Full Plans Application

The Plan charge must accompany the application form and construction plans at the time of submission, thereafter an Inspection charge becomes due once the building work starts. Only one inspection charge is made in respect of all site inspections.

Building Notice

The Building Notice charge must be paid at the time the Building Notice and site location plan are submitted and is equal to the sum of the Plan charge plus the Inspection charge. (This is now shown in a separate column on the relevant charges tables)

Regularisation Application

(where unauthorised works exist)

The Regularisation charge must be paid at the time the Regularisation Application is made and is equal to 120% of the equivalent Building Notice charge that would have been due at the time the work commenced. Please note, however, that No VAT is payable in respect of a Regularisation Application.

All Building Regulation applications attract a charge, however, if the proposed work solely provides facilities for disabled people in dwellings or in public buildings the building regulation checks may be carried out at no charge to you. Please note that strict rules govern this and not all work for disabled people falls within this exemption. Please contact Building Control Services directly to discuss your project.

This leaflet provides guidance to the Council's Scheme of Charges in accordance with the Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 1998. In the event of a dispute arising of the charge for certain building work, the Scheme in force at the time should be used to determine the Charge.

Charges are not normally refundable. Serious consideration should therefore be given before depositing a building notice or regularisation application where all charges are due at the time of the submission. In some circumstances charges may be paid by instalments, if agreed with Building Control Services in advance. Discounts are available in respect of applications that include repeat building types, please contact us to discuss the relevant charges.

Note: "Floor area" is the internal area bounded by the enclosing walls or the outermost edge of the floor, as appropriate.

Which Table should I use to calculate the building regulation charge?

• Table 1- For small and medium sized new dwellings or flats.
  (Where the total floor area does not exceed 300 m² and the height is three storeys or less, including any basement.)
  
• Table 2- For small and medium sized domestic extensions and residential garages
  (Where the total floor area does not exceed 60 m² and the height is less than three storeys including any basement.)
  
• Table 3A, 3B or 3C- For all other work.