MOLE VALLEY DISTRICT COUNCIL

BUILDING ACT 1984, THE BUILDING REGULATIONS 2000
THE BUILDING (LOCAL AUTHORITY CHARGES)
REGULATIONS 1998
GUIDANCE NOTE ON CHARGES
Effective from 1/4/08
1. 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 dependant 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 Mole Valley District Council.
2. CHARGES ARE PAYABLE AS
FOLLOWS
Plan Charge: Should you submit Full Plans
you will generally pay a plan charge at the time of
submission to cover their passing or rejection.
Inspection Charge: With Full Plans submissions,
for most types of work, an inspection
charge covering all necessary site visits will be
payable after we have made our first inspection. If
applicable, you will be sent an invoice for this
charge.
Building Notice Charge: Should you
submit a Building Notice the appropriate building
notice 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: Should you
apply for a regularisation certificate in respect of
unauthorised building work, commenced on or after
11 th November 1985, you will pay a regularisation
charge to cover the cost of assessing your application
and all inspections. The charge is equivalent to
the Building Notice fee plus 20%.
No VAT is payable on a regularisation charge.
3. Schedule 1 - Charges for Small
Domestic Buildings e.g. Certain
new dwelling houses and flats (see
Table 1) Applicable where the total internal floor
area of each dwelling, excluding any garage or carport
does not exceed 300 square metres and the building
has no more than 3 storeys, each basement level
being counted as one storey. In any other case,
schedule 3 applies.
4. Schedule 2 - Charges for Certain
Small Buildings & Domestic Extensions
(see Table 2) Where work
comprises more than one domestic extension the
total internal floor areas of all storeys of all the
extensions shown on the application may be added
together to determine the relevant charge. If the
extension(s) exceeds 60 square metres or 3 storeys
in height then schedule 3 applies.
5. Schedule 3 - Charges for Other
Work (see Table 3) 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 paid to an Architect, Engineer or Surveyor
etc., and also excluding land acquisition costs.
6. Exemptions/Reductions of
Charges
Where plans have been either approved or rejected
no further charge is payable on resubmission for
substantially the same work.
Certain 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 these regulations disabled person means
a person who is within certain of the descriptions of
persons 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 buildings or building work, all of which
is substantially the same as each other, or such
application or building notice have been previously
dealt with by this authority, subject to certain criteria,
a reduction of 25% on the plan charge or on the plan
charge proportion of the building notice charge is
allowable.
7. General: These notes are for guidance only. Full
details may be found in the Councils Building Control
Charges Scheme which is available on request. If
you have any difficulties calculating charges please
contact the Building Control section 01306 879264.
1
NUMBER
OF
DWELLINGS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
SCHEDULE 1 - CHARGES FOR SMALL DOMESTIC BUILDINGS
eg. Certain new dwelling houses and flats
FULL PLANS SUBMISSIONS
BUILDING NOTICES
(A) Plan Charge (£) (B) Inspection Charge (£) (C) Building Notice Charge (£)
EXC. VAT INC. VAT EXC. VAT INC. VAT
155.75
213.62
280.85
348.94
421.28
493.62
514.89
535.32
556.60
561.70
566.81
571.92
577.02
582.13
587.24
593.19
598.30
603.41
608.51
613.62
183.00
251.00
330.00
410.00
495.00
580.00
605.00
629.00
654.00
660.00
666.00
672.00
678.00
684.00
690.00
697.00
703.00
709.00
715.00
721.00
*
Additional
charge
for each
dwelling
above the
minimum
number in
the band
in
column 1
431.49
598.30
759.15
879.15
972.77
1097.03
1170.22
1362.56
1549.79
1757.45
1919.15
2085.96
2251.92
2381.28
2542.98
2708.94
2870.64
3036.60
3161.71
3322.56
507.00
703.00
892.00
1033.00
1143.00
1289.00
1375.00
1601.00
1821.00
2065.00
2255.00
2451.00
2646.00
2798.00
2988.00
3183.00
3373.00
3568.00
3715.00
3904.00
*
Additional
charge
for each
dwelling
above the
minimum
number in
the band in
column 1
21 - 30 623.83 733.00 12 + VAT 3400.85 3996.00 115 + VAT
31 & over 732.77 861.00 7 + VAT 4440.85 5218.00 85 + VAT
The sum of the relevant Plan
Fee and Inspection Fee
(A) + (B)

2
3
SCHEDULE 2 - CHARGES FOR CERTAIN SMALL BUILDINGS & DOMESTIC EXTENSIONS
TYPE OF WORK
1. Erection or extension of a detached or attached building
which consists solely of a garage or carport or both having
a floor area not exceeding 40 square metres in total and
intended to be used in common with an existing building,
and which is not an exempt building.
2. A garage or carport as in 1. above but having a floor area
exceeding 40 and not exceeding 60 square metres..
FULL PLANS SUBMISSIONS
BUILDING NOTICES
Plan Charge (£) Inspection Charge (£) Building Notice Charge (£)
EXC. VAT INC. VAT E XC.VAT
INC. VAT EXC. VAT INC. VAT
124.26 146.00 - - 124.26 146.00
114.89 135.00 132.77 156.00 247.66 291.00
NB. Where the total or the aggregation of the floor area of one or more extensions referred to in categories 1 & 2 above exceeds 60 square metres the charge should
be calculated from estimated costs under schedule 3.
3. Any extension of a dwelling the total floor area of which does
not exceed 10 square metres including means of access
and work in connection with that extension.
4. An extension as in 3. above but having a floor area
exceeding 10 and not exceeding 40 square metres.
5. An extension as in 3. above but having a floor area
exceeding 40 and not exceeding 60 square metres.
6. The replacement of windows, rooflights or external doors
in an existing dwelling
114.89 135.00 132.77 156.00 247.66 291.00
114.89 135.00 257.03 302.00 371.92 437.00
114.89 135.00 380.43 447.00 495.32 582.00
72.34 85.00 - - 72.34 85.00
NB. Where the total or the aggregation of the floor area of one or more extensions referred to in categories 3, 4 and 5 above exceeds 60 square metres the charge
should be calculated from estimated costs under schedule 3, subject to a minimum charge equivalent to the charge payable under category 5 above.
7. Any extension or alteration of a dwelling consisting of the
provision of one or more rooms in roof space, including
means of access.
To be calculated from estimated costs under Schedule 3, subject to a minimum charge equivalent
to the charge payable under category 4 above.
SCHEDULE 3 - CHARGES FOR OTHER WORK (NOT COVERED BY SCHEDULES 1 OR 2)
TOTAL ESTIMATED
COST OF WORK (£)
FULL PLANS SUBMISSIONS
BUILDING NOTICES
Plan Charge (£) Inspection Charge (£) Building Notice Charge (£)
EXC. VAT INC. VAT EXC. VAT INC. VAT EXC. VAT INC. VAT
0 - 2,000
2,001 - 5,000
100.00
165.00
117.50
193.88
- - 100.00
165.00
117.50
193.88
5,001 - 6,000
6,001 -7,000
7,001 - 8,000
8,001 - 9,000
9,001 -10,000
10,001 -11,000
11,001 -12,000
12,001 -13,000
13,001 -14,000
14,001 -15,000
15,001 -16,000
16,001 -17,000
17,001 -18,000
18,001 -19,000
19,001 -20,000
43.50
45.75
48.00
50.25
52.50
54.75
57.00
59.25
61.50
63.75
66.00
68.25
70.50
72.75
75.00
51.11
53.76
56.40
59.04
61.69
64.33
66.97
69.62
72.26
74.91
77.55
80.19
82.84
85.48
88.12
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
100,001 - 1m To 235.00 excl. VAT add 0.87 excl. VAT
for each 1,000 (or part thereof) over
100,000 up to 1m then ADD VAT
Over 1m- 10m
Over 10m
To 1022.50 excl. VAT add 0.70 excl. VAT
for each 1,000 (or part thereof) over 1m
up to 10m then ADD VAT
To 7,210.00 excl. VAT add 0.50 excl.
VAT for each 1,000 (or part thereof) over
10m then ADD VAT
130.50
137.25
144.00
150.75
157.50
164.25
171.00
177.75
184.50
191.25
198.00
204.75
211.50
218.25
225.00
153.34
161.27
169.20
177.13
185.06
192.99
200.93
208.86
216.79
224.72
232.65
240.58
248.51
256.44
264.38
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
To 705.00 excl. VAT add 2.63 excl. VAT
for each 1,000 (or part thereof) over
100,000 up to 1m then ADD VAT
To 3067.50 excl. VAT add 2.05 excl.
VAT for each 1,000 (or part thereof) over
1m up to 10m then ADD VAT
To 21,630.00 excl. VAT add 1.50 excl.
VAT for each 1,000 (or part thereof) over
10m then ADD VAT
174.00
183.00
192.00
201.00
210.00
219.00
228.00
237.00
246.00
255.00
264.00
273.00
282.00
291.00
300.00
204.45
215.03
225.60
236.17
246.75
257.32
267.90
278.48
289.05
299.63
310.20
320.77
331.35
341.93
352.50
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
To 940.00 excl. VAT add 3.50 excl. VAT
for each 1,000 (or part thereof) over
100,000 up to 1m then ADD VAT
To 4090.00 excl. VAT add 2.75 excl. VAT
for each 1,000 (or part thereof) over 1m up
to 10m then ADD VAT
To 28,840.00 excl. VAT add 2.00 excl.
VAT for each 1,000 (or part thereof) over
10m then ADD VAT