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Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 2079

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

The Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1992

Made

2nd September 1992

Laid before Parliament

9th September 1992

Coming into force

1st October 1992

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 1992 and shall come into force on 1st October 1992.

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

2.—(1) The Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985(3) are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In Schedule 1 (small domestic buildings) there shall be substituted—

(a)for “£95” in both paragraphs 2 and 5, “£104”, and

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

TABLE 1

PLAN FEE FOR ERECTION OF SMALL DOMESTIC BUILDING

(1)(2)
Number of dwellingsAmount of, or for determining, plan fee
£
162
2125
3187
4249
5312
6353
7394
8435
9476
10517
11539
12560
13581
14601
15622
16643
17663
18685
19706
20 or more725

TABLE 2

INSPECTION FEE FOR ERECTION OF SMALL DOMESTIC BUILDING

(1)(2)
Number of dwellings each having a total floor area exceeding 64m2Amount for determining inspection fee
£
162
2125
3187
4249
5312
6333
7353
8374
9394
10 or more415.

(3) In Schedule 2 (small garages, carports and certain alterations and extensions) there shall be substituted—

(a)in paragraph 1, for “£15”, “£45” and “£60” respectively, “£16”, “£50” and “£66”, and

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

TABLE

FEES FOR CERTAIN DOMESTIC EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS

(1)(2)(3)
Type of workAmount of plan feeAmount of inspection fee
££

1.  An extension or alteration consisting of the provision of one or more rooms in roof space, including means of access.

45135

2.  Any extension (not falling within paragraph 1 above) the total floor area of which does not exceed 20m2, including means of access.

22.5067.50

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.

45135.

(4) In Schedule 3 (work other than that described in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2) there shall be substituted for the Table in paragraph 5, the following Table—

TABLE

FEES FOR OTHER WORK

(1)(2)(3)
70% of estimated costAmount of plan fee, or for fee determining plan feeAmount of inspection fee
£££
Under 1,000721
1,000 and under 2,0001133
2,000 and under 3,0001339
3,000 and under 4,0001751
4,000 and under 5,0002266
5,000 and under 6,0002678
6,000 and under 7,0003193
7,000 and under 8,00035105
8,000 and under 9,00037111
9,000 and under 10,00039117
10,000 and under 12,00044132
12,000 and under 14,00050150
14,000 and under 16,00057171
16,000 and under 18,00063189
18,000 and under 20,00070210
20,000 and under 25,00082246
25,000 and under 30,00093279
30,000 and under 35,000104312
35,000 and under 40,000120360
40,000 and under 45,000131393
45,000 and under 50,000142426
50,000 and under 60,000159477
60,000 and under 70,000186558
70,000 and under 80,000213639
80,000 and under 90,000230690
90,000 and under 100,000252756
100,000 and under 140,000279837
140,000 and under 180,0003611083
180,000 and under 240,0004481344
240,000 and under 300,0005581674
300,000 and under 400,0006672001
400,000 and under 500,0008482544
500,000 and under 700,0009952985
700,000 up to and 1,000,00012963888
Thereafter for each 100,000 and part thereof200600.

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—

(a)a building notice was given or full plans were deposited under regulation 11 of the Building Regulations 1985(4) or regulation 11 of the Building Regulations 1991(5); or

(b)an initial notice or a public body’s notice was given under section 47(1) (giving and acceptance of initial notice) or 54(1) (giving, acceptance and effect of public body’s notice) of the Building Act 1984,

before 1st October 1992, notwithstanding that on or after that date a notice is or hasbeen given, or plans are or have been deposited, in respect of substantially the same work.

Revocations

4.  Regulation 2(5)(c) of the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1986(6), and regulations 3 and 4 of the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1990(7) are hereby revoked.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment

Sir George Young

Minister of State,

Department of the Environment

2nd September 1992

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 fees payable to a local authority by—

(a)approximately 9.4% in respect of the erection of small domestic buildings and connected work (Schedule 1 to the 1985 Regulations), the erection of certain garages, carports (Schedule 2 to those Regulations), and for other types of work not mentioned in either Schedule 1 or 2 (Schedule 3 to those Regulations);

(b)approximately 50% in respect of the making of small extensions and alterations to domestic buildings (Schedule 2 to those Regulations).

(1)

See the definition of “prescribed”.

(3)

S.I. 1985/1576; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1985/1936, 1986/2287, 1987/798, 1990/2600, 1991/2768 and 1992/741.

(4)

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

(5)

S.I. 1991/2768, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(6)

S.I. 1986/2287.

(7)

S.I. 1990/2600.

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