The Building (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1994

Regulation 5(1)(a)

SCHEDULE 1 FEES FOR ONE OR MORE SMALL DOMESTIC BUILDINGS AND CONNECTED WORK

Plan fee

1.  Where a plan fee is payable in respect of—

(a) the erection of one or more small domestic buildings shown on the deposited plan, or

(b) works of drainage in connection with the erection of such a building or buildings, where no plans for the erection of such a building or buildings have yet been deposited (in this Schedule referred to as “connected works”),

the plan fee payable for that building or those buildings or for those works is the total of the sums shown in, or calculated by reference to, columns (2), (3) and (4) of the Table in this Schedule as relevant for the number of dwellings in that building or those buildings.

Inspection fee

2.  The inspection fee payable in respect of the erection of one or more small domestic buildings or connected works is the total of the sums shown in, or calculated by reference to, columns (5) and (6) of the Table in this Schedule.

Building notice fee

3.  The building notice fee payable in respect of the erection of one or more small domestic buildings or connected works is the total of the plan fee and the inspection fee which would be payable in accordance with the Table in this Schedule if plans for the carrying out of that work had been deposited in accordance with the Principal Regulations.

Reversion fee

4.  The reversion fee payable in respect of the erection of one or more small domestic buildings or connected works is the amount of the building notice fee which would be payable under these Regulations if a building notice in relation to the carrying out of that work had been given in accordance with the Principal Regulations at the time the reversion fee is payable.

Regularisation fee

5.  The regularisation fee payable in respect of the erection of one or more small domestic buildings is an amount equal to 120 per cent. of the total of the plan fee and the inspection fee which would be payable in accordance with the Table in this Schedule if plans for the carrying out of that work had been deposited at the time of the application for regularisation in accordance with the Principal Regulations.

Interpretation of the Schedule

6.  For the purposes of the Table—

(a) the reference in the heading to column (1) is a reference to the number of dwellings in the building or buildings referred to in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph 1, and

(b) two or more dwellings are to be regarded as of one type if they are identical in design or so similar that separate consideration of the plans of those dwellings by the local authority is not necessary for the purpose of performing any of their functions under Part I or Part II of the Act.

	Plan fee			Inspection fee
Number of dwellings	Basic fee	Additional fee for each dwelling above the minimum number in the band in column (1)	Further fee for each type of dwelling in excess of one	Basic fee	Additional fee for each dwelling above the minimum number in the band in column (1)
	£	£	£	£	£
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
1	80	—	—	180	—
2-5	120	40	70	345	165
6-10	270	30	70	990	150
11-20	410	20	70	1715	125
more than 20	600	10	70	2940	100