Building Control Charges

A charge is made to cover the costs of ensuring that the work complies with the Regulations, this varies according to the type of work you intend to carry out. The charge is the same whichever procedure you follow (Full Plans or Building Notice). Adaptations or extensions solely for the benefit of a disabled person are exempt from charges.

Contact us on 0115 9013740 or e-mail buildingcontrol@gedling.gov.uk for an individual quotation

Please note that 20% VAT is payable on all Full Plans and Building Notice applications, and this has been included in the Charges shown in the following tables for your convenience. VAT is not payable on Regularisation Certificate applications

Charges are payable as follows :-

Where you deposit a Full Plans application the charge is normally payable in two instalments, a Plan Charge which is paid when the application is submitted and an Inspection Charge which will be invoiced following the first site inspection after works start. For smaller works however only a Plan Charge may be payable.
Where you deposit a Building Notice application, a single Building Notice Charge is payable with the application.

Some works, provided they are carried out solely for the benefit of a disabled person, are very often exempt from all fees. If you believe that your works may be exempt, please ring 0115 9013740 and one of our officers will be happy to give you more information.

You may only use the estimated cost method to calculate the charge payable under Table D where your proposed work does not fit into one of the categories in Tables A, B or C.

The estimated cost has to be calculated on a full commercial basis (i.e. the cost of having a builder carry out the work for you) even if you intend to carry out much of the work yourself. Only the cost of professional fees and VAT can be deducted. Where the Borough Council considers an estimate to be unreasonably low, we may ask you to provide justification for the figures used, and this may delay the acceptance of your application.

If you are building more than one domestic extension, then it is the total internal floor area of all floors of all the extensions added together which determines the fee in Table B.

Multiple works can benefit from reduced charges where all of the work is being undertaken at the same time and you should discuss this with us.

Where you deposit a Regularisation Certificate application, a single Regularisation Charge is payable with the application and is not refundable

Please note that all cheques should be made payable to Gedling Borough Council.

Important Note for property owners.

A non-returnable minimum charge of £50 will be made to recover administration costs where an application is withdrawn before the plans are checked. An application may not be withdrawn once plans have been checked.

All the fixed charges in this document have been calculated on the basis that you will be using an experienced builder to carry out the works for you, and that any electrical work which forms part of a domestic building project will be carried out by a member of a Part P Competent Persons scheme. If you do not do so, then it may lead to additional inspections being necessary, or in us having to bring in an electrical consultant to inspect the work. Should this happen, then we may have to ask you to pay an additional charge to cover any extra costs incurred by the Council in ensuring compliance with the Building Regulations.