The Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 1118

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

The Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1989

Made

4th July 1989

Laid before Parliament

11th July 1989

Coming into force

1st September 1989

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 1, 3, 16(10), 34, 35, 50(3) and 126(1) of, and paragraphs 2, 5 and 10(c) of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984(2), and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st September 1989.

Amendment of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985

2.  The Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985(3) are amended as follows–

(1) in Schedule 1 there shall be substituted—

(a) for “£80” in paragraphs 2 and 5, “£88”, and

(b) for Tables 1 and 2, the following Tables–

TABLE 1

PLAN FEE FOR ERECTION OF SMALL DOMESTIC BUILDING

(1)	(2)
Number of dwellings	Amount of, or for determining, plan fee
	£
1	53
2	106
3	159
4	212
5	265
6	300
7	335
8	370
9	405
10	440
11	459
12	476
13	494
14	511
15	529
16	547
17	564
18	582
19	600
20 or more	617

TABLE 2

INSPECTION FEE FOR ERECTION OF SMALL DOMESTIC BUILDING

(1)	(2)
Number of dwellings each having a total floor area exceeding 64m2	Amount for determining inspection fee
	£
1	53
2	106
3	159
4	212
5	265
6	283
7	300
8	318
9	335
10 or more	353

(2) in Schedule 2 there shall be substituted–

(a) in paragraph 1 for “£11”, “£33” and “£44” respectively, “£14”, “£43” and “£57”.

(b) for the Table in paragraph 2, the following Table–

TABLE

FEES FOR CERTAIN DOMESTIC EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS

(1)	(2)	(3)
Type of work	Amount of plan fee	Amount of inspection fee
	£	£
1.  An extension or alteration consisting of the provision of one or more rooms in roof space, including means of access.	28	86
2.  Any extension (not falling within paragraph 1 above) the total floor area of which does not exceed 20m2, including means of access.	14	43
3.  Any extension (not falling within paragraph 1 above) the total floor area of which exceeds 20m2 but does not exceed 40m2, including means of access.	28	86

Transitional Provisions

3.  These Regulations shall not affect the application of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc) Regulations 1985 in relation to work in respect of which–

(1)  a building notice was given or full plans were deposited (under regulation 11 of the Building Regulations 1985(4); or

(2)  an initial notice or a public body’s notice was given (under section 47(1) or 54(1) of the Building Act 1984), before 1st September 1989, notwithstanding that on or after that date a notice is or has been given, or plans are or have been deposited, in respect of substantially the same work.

Revocations

4.  The Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1988(5) are hereby revoked.

Nicholas Ridley

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

4th July 1989

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985 so as to increase the flat rate fees payable to a local authority.

(1) by approximately 10% in respect of the erection of small domestic buildings and connected work (Schedule 1 to the 1985 Regulations), and

(2) by approximately 30% in respect of the erection of certain garages, carports and the making of small extensions and alterations to domestic buildings (Schedule 2 to the 1985 Regulations).

Transitional provisions are contained in regulation 3. Regulation 4 revokes the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1988 which are superseded by these Regulations.

(1)

See definition of “prescribed”.

(2)

1984 c. 55.

(3)

S.I. 1985/1576, amended by S.I. 1985/1936, 1986/2287, 1987/798 and 1988/871.

(4)

S.I. 1985/1065, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(5)

S.I. 1988/871.