Woking Borough Council
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Charges for Building Control Services in Woking
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- Plan charge
- Inspection charge
- Building Notice charge
- Regularisation charge
- Schedule 1 - Charges for small domestic buildings e.g. certain new dwelling houses and flats
- Schedule 2 - Charges for certain small buildings, domestic extensions and alterations
- Schedule 3 - Charges for other work
- Exemptions/reductions of charges
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 dependent 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 'Woking Borough Council'.
Charges are payable as follows:
Plan charge
Should you submita Full Plans application, you will generally pay a plan charge at the time of submission to cover approval or rejection the plans.
Inspection charge
With aFull Plans submission, for most types of work, an inspection charge covering all necessary site visits will bepayable after the first inspection. If applicable, you will be sent an invoice for this charge.
Building Notice charge
For a Building Notice application, the appropriate 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.
Regularisation charge
As owner ofthe unauthorised building work, should you apply for a Regularisation Certificate, the charge is equivalent to 120% of the Building Notice charge. No VAT is payable on a regularisation charge.
Schedule 1 - Charges for small domestic buildings e.g. certain new dwelling houses and flats
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 thanthree storeys, each basement level being counted as one storey. In any other case Schedule 3 applies.
| Number of dwellings | Full Plans | Building Notices | |||
| (A) Plan | (B) Inspection | (C) Building Notice | |||
| £ (inc VAT) |
£ |
£ (inc VAT) |
£ |
£ |
|
| 1 | 198.22 |
Additional charge for each dwelling above the minimum number in the band in column 1 |
497.59 |
Additional charge for each dwelling above the minimum number in the band in column 1 |
The sum of the relevant Plan fee and Inspection fee |
| 2 | 270.76 | 699.89 | |||
| 3 | 356.59 | 875.63 | |||
| 4 | 441.39 | 1,012.54 | |||
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For developments in excess of 4 houses, please contact us. |
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Schedule 2 - Charges for certain small buildings, domestic extensions and alterations
Where work comprises of more than one domestic extension, the total floor area of all storeys of all extensions shown on the application may be added together to determine the relevant charge. If the extension(s) exceed 60m² orthree storeys in height then Schedule 3 applies.
| Type of work (the area is the internal floor) |
Full Plans | Building Notices | |
| Plan | Inspection | Building Notice | |
| £ (inc VAT) | £ (inc VAT) | £ (inc VAT) | |
| A garage not exceeding 40m2 (which is not exempt) | 155.00 | - | 155.00 |
| A garage exceeding 40m2 and not exceeding 60m2 | 155.00 | 179.00 | 334.00 |
| An extension which does not exceed 10m2 | 155.00 | 179.00 | 334.00 |
| An extension exceeding 10m2 and not exceeding 40m2 (see notes below) | 155.00 | 330.00 | 485.00 |
| An extension exceeding 40m2 and not exceeding 60m2 (see notes below) | 155.00 | 501.00 | 656.00 |
Schedule 3 - Charges for other work
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 to an architect, engineer or surveyor, etc. and also excluding land acquisition costs. (See notes below.)
NB. The local minimum cost of domestic new build works in 2007 was £1,200/m2.
| Total estimated cost of work £ | Full Plans | Building Notices | |
| Plan | Inspection | Building Notice | |
| £ (inc VAT) | £ (inc VAT) | £ (inc VAT) | |
| 0-2,000 | 117.50 | Included in plan fee |
117.50 |
| 2,001-5,000 | 193.88 | 193.88 | |
| 5,001-6,000 | 51.11 | 153.34 | 204.45 |
| 6,001-7,000 | 53.76 | 161.27 | 215.03 |
| 7,001-8,000 | 56.40 | 169.20 | 225.60 |
| 8,001-9,000 | 59.04 | 177.13 | 236.17 |
| 9,001-10,000 | 61.69 | 185.06 | 246.75 |
| 10,001-11,000 | 64.33 | 192.99 | 257.32 |
| 11,001-12,000 | 66.97 | 200.93 | 267.90 |
| 12,001-13,000 | 69.62 | 208.86 | 278.48 |
| 13,001-14,000 | 72.26 | 216.79 | 289.05 |
| 14,001-15,000 | 74.91 | 224.72 | 299.63 |
| 15,001-16,000 | 77.55 | 232.65 | 310.20 |
| 16,001-17,000 | 80.19 | 240.58 | 320.77 |
| 17,001-18,000 | 82.84 | 248.51 | 331.35 |
| 18,001-19,000 | 85.48 | 256.44 | 341.93 |
| 19,001-20,000 | 88.12 | 264.38 | 352.50 |
| 20,001-100,000 | To £75.00 excl VAT add £2.00 excl VAT for each £1,000 (or part thereof) over £20,000 up to £100,000 then add VAT (17.5%) | To £225.00 excl VAT add £6.00 excl VAT for each £1,000 (or part thereof) over £20,000 up to £100,000 then add VAT (17.5%) | To £300.00 excl VAT add £8.00 excl VAT for each £1,000 (or part thereof) over£20,000 up to £100,000 then add VAT (17.5%) |
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Forcharges based on estimate costsin excess of£100,000, |
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Notes
| Type of work | Full Plans | Building Notices | |
| Plan | Inspection | Building Notice | |
| £ (inc VAT) | £ (inc VAT) | £ (inc VAT) | |
| An extension which exceeds 60m2 - to be calculated from estimated costs under Schedule 3 but minimum charges to be as follows: | 155.00 | 501.00 | 656.00 |
| An alteration or extension for a room in the roof - to be calculated from estimated costs under Schedule 3 but minimum charges to be as follows: | 155.00 | 330.00 | 485.00 |
Exemptions/reductions of charges
- Where plans have been either approved or rejected, no further charge is payable on resubmission for substantially the same work.
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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 the regulations "disabled person" means a person who is within the descriptions to whom Section 29(1) of the National Assistance Act 1948 applies.
- Where an application or Building Notice is in respect of two or more dwellings or other work, all of which is/are substantially the same, or another such application or Building Notice has previously been dealt with by an authority, within certain criteria, a reduction of 25% on the plan charge or on the plan charge proportion of the Building Notice charge is allowable.
Approveddocument Part P: Electrical safety applies to domestic building work. Applicants proposing work involving new or existing electrical installations are strongly urged to employ the services of an electrician who is registered within the competent persons self-certification scheme under the building regulations. If this is not the case the Council will use an independent electrical contractor to certify that the installation complies with the legislation and this additional cost will be passed on to the applicant/property owner.
These notes are for guidance only. Full details may be found in the Council's Building Control Charges Scheme that is available for viewing on request. If you have any difficulties calculating charges please contact the Building ControlService.
Effective from 1 April 2009.