The Building (Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1994

Exemption from plan fee for works in connection with the erection of small domestic buildings

9.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), where—

(a) plans are or have been deposited for the erection of a small domestic building, and

(b) a plan fee is payable or has been paid in respect of those plans,

a local authority may not charge a plan fee in respect of plans deposited on the same occasion or later for—

(i) the execution of works or the installation of services or fittings in connection with the erection of that building; or

(ii) the erection, in connection with the erection of that building, of a building consisting of a garage or carport or both.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where—

(a) plans have been deposited for the execution of works of drainage in connection with the erection of a small domestic building, and

(b) a plan fee has been paid in respect of those plans,

a local authority may not charge a plan fee in respect of plans deposited later for—

(i) the erection of that small domestic building; or

(ii) the execution of works or the installation of services or fittings in connection with the erection of that building; or

(iii) the erection, in connection with the erection of that building, of a building consisting of a garage or carport or both.

(3) Nothing in paragraphs (1) or (2) shall prevent a local authority from charging a plan fee in respect of plans deposited at any time after completion of the erection of the small domestic building in question.