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Charges and Fees

Building Control Charges & Fees Calculator
The Charges & Fees calculator will enable you to work out how much you can expect to be charged for your building regulation application.

You will need to have Microsoft Excel installed on your computer to use the calculator. If you have not got access to Microsoft Excel, then please phone the Building Control Team on (01276) 707223 and they will calculate your fees for you or download the Excel Viewer below.

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If you are not an Excel user, you will need the Excel Viewer to view the Charges & Fees Calculator, this is available as a download by clicking on the link below.

Charges and Fees Guidance Notes

1. Before you carry out building work to which the Building Regulations apply you or your agent must either deposit Full Plans or a Building Notice together with the appropriate charge. The charge payable is dependant upon the type of work carried out and can be calculated by reference to the following notes and schedules. Cheques should be made payable to 'Surrey Heath Borough Council'.

2. Charges are payable as follows:

2.1 Plan Charge: Should you submit Full Plans you will generally pay a plan charge at the time of submission to cover their passing or rejection.

2.2 Inspection Charge: With full Plans sub missions, for most types of work an inspection charge covering
all necessary site visits will be payable after we have made our first inspection. If applicable, you will be sent an invoice for this charge.

2.3 Building Notice Charge: Should you submit a Building Notice the appropriate building notice charge is payable at the time of submission and covers all necessary checks and site visits in relation to the work described in the notice.

2.4 Regularisation Charge: As owner of un authorised building work should you apply for a regularisation certificate, the charge is equivalent to 120% of the Building Notice charge. No VAT ispayable on a regularisation charge.

3. Schedule 1 - Charges for Small Domestic Buildings e.g. certain new dwelling houses and flats (see Table 1 Opens in a new window)
Applicable where the total internal floor area of each dwelling, excluding any garage or carport does not exceed 300m²  and the building has no more than 3 storeys, each basement level being counted as one storey. In any other case, schedule 3 applies.

4. Schedule 2 - Charges for Certain Small Buildings, Domestic Extensions and Alterations (see Table 2 Opens in a new window)

Where work comprises more than one domestic extension the total internal floor areas of all storeys of all the extensions shown on the application may be added together to determine the relevant charge. If the extension(s) exceed 60m² or 3 storeys in height then Schedule 3 applies.

5. Schedule 3 - Charges for Other Work (see Table 3 Opens in a new window).
Applicable to all other building work not covered by Schedules 1 or 2. Total estimated cost means an acceptable reasonable estimate 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 charges paid to an Architect, Engineer or Surveyor etc., and also excluding land acquisition costs.

6. Exemptions/Reductions of Charges

6.1 Where plans have been either approved or rejected no further charge is payable on resubmission for
substantially the same work.

6.2 Works to provide access and/or facilities for disabled people to existing dwellings and buildings to which the public have access are exempt from charges. In these regulations "disabled person" means a person who is within certain of the descriptions of persons to whom section 29(1) of the National Assistance Act 1948 applies.

6.3 Where an application or building notice is in respect of two or more buildings or building work, all of  which is substantially the same as each other, or such application or building notice have previously been
dealt with by this authority, with certain criteria, a reduction of 25% on the plan charge or on the plan
charge proportion of the building notice charge is allowable.

7. General: These notes are for guidance only. Full details may be found in the Council's Building Control Charges Scheme which is available on request. If you have any difficulties calculating charges please call in and see us or contact us on (01276) 707100.

 *Additional charge for each dwelling above the minimum number in the band in column 1