The Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1992
S.I. 1992/2079 · Made 2 September 1992
BUILDING AND BUILDINGS
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 126f1 of, and paragraphs 2, 5 and 10(c) of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984f2, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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See the definition of “prescribed”.
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Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendment of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985
- 3Transitional Provisions
- 4Revocations
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st October 1992.
2Amendment of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985
The Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985f1 are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
In Schedule 1 (small domestic buildings) there shall be substituted—
for “£95” in both paragraphs 2 and 5, “£104”, and
for Tables 1 and 2, the following Tables—
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TABLE 1
PLAN FEE FOR ERECTION OF SMALL DOMESTIC BUILDING
(1) (2) Number of dwellings Amount of, or for determining, plan fee £ 1 62 2 125 3 187 4 249 5 312 6 353 7 394 8 435 9 476 10 517 11 539 12 560 13 581 14 601 15 622 16 643 17 663 18 685 19 706 20 or more 725 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 62 2 125 3 187 4 249 5 312 6 333 7 353 8 374 9 394 10 or more 415 ”.
In Schedule 2 (small garages, carports and certain alterations and extensions) there shall be substituted—
in paragraph 1, for “£15”, “£45” and “£60” respectively, “£16”, “£50” and “£66”, and
for the Table in paragraph 2, the following Table—
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TABLE
FEES FOR CERTAIN DOMESTIC EXTENSIONS AND ALTERATIONS
(1) (2) (3) Type of work Amount of plan fee Amount of inspection fee £ £ An extension or alteration consisting of the provision of one or more rooms in roof space, including means of access.
45 135 Any extension (not falling within paragraph 1 above) the total floor area of which does not exceed 20m2, including means of access.
22.50 67.50 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.
45 135 ”.
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—
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TABLE
FEES FOR OTHER WORK
(1) (2) (3) 70% of estimated cost Amount of plan fee, or for fee determining plan fee Amount of inspection fee £ £ £ Under 1,000 7 21 1,000 and under 2,000 11 33 2,000 and under 3,000 13 39 3,000 and under 4,000 17 51 4,000 and under 5,000 22 66 5,000 and under 6,000 26 78 6,000 and under 7,000 31 93 7,000 and under 8,000 35 105 8,000 and under 9,000 37 111 9,000 and under 10,000 39 117 10,000 and under 12,000 44 132 12,000 and under 14,000 50 150 14,000 and under 16,000 57 171 16,000 and under 18,000 63 189 18,000 and under 20,000 70 210 20,000 and under 25,000 82 246 25,000 and under 30,000 93 279 30,000 and under 35,000 104 312 35,000 and under 40,000 120 360 40,000 and under 45,000 131 393 45,000 and under 50,000 142 426 50,000 and under 60,000 159 477 60,000 and under 70,000 186 558 70,000 and under 80,000 213 639 80,000 and under 90,000 230 690 90,000 and under 100,000 252 756 100,000 and under 140,000 279 837 140,000 and under 180,000 361 1083 180,000 and under 240,000 448 1344 240,000 and under 300,000 558 1674 300,000 and under 400,000 667 2001 400,000 and under 500,000 848 2544 500,000 and under 700,000 995 2985 700,000 up to and 1,000,000 1296 3888 Thereafter for each 100,000 and part thereof 200 600 ”.
3Transitional Provisions
These Regulations shall not affect the application of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985 in relation to work in respect of which—
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.
4Revocations
Signature
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—
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);
approximately 50% in respect of the making of small extensions and alterations to domestic buildings (Schedule 2 to those Regulations).