# The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025, Regulation 16: Amount charged


(1) The amount of building safety levy charged in respect of a chargeable application is the amount given by—
(a) applying the formula in paragraph (2) in relation to each relevant residential building to which the application relates, and
(b) if the application relates to more than one relevant residential building, adding together the amounts determined under sub-paragraph (a).
(2) The formula is—
A + C × R where—
A is the amount of chargeable accommodation floorspace in relation to the relevant residential building (determined in accordance with regulation 17);
C is the chargeable amount of communal floorspace in relation to the relevant residential building (determined in accordance with regulations 18 and 19);
R is the applicable area rate (determined in accordance with regulation 20).
(3) But if the amount given by the formula in paragraph (2) is a negative number, the amount in relation to the building is treated as being nil.
(4) Where the building control application relates to part of a relevant residential building references in this regulation and in regulations 17 to 19 to the building are to be treated as references to the part of the building to which the application relates.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348273779/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-building-safety-levy-england-regulations-2025/regulation-16
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