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Regulation 17 Chargeable accommodation floorspace

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(1)

This regulation applies for the purposes of determining the amount of chargeable accommodation floorspace under the formula in regulation 16(2).

(2)

The amount of “chargeable accommodation floorspace” in relation to a building is—

(a)

if the building was a relevant residential building at the time the chargeable application was made, the amount given by taking Steps 1 to 3 in paragraph (3), and

(b)

in any other case, the amount given by taking Step 1 in paragraph (3).

(3)

The steps are—

  • Step 1

    Calculate the total amount of the building’s accommodation floorspace, if any, on completion of the building work to which the chargeable application relates assuming, for the purposes of the calculation, that the building work is carried out in accordance with—

    1. (a)

      the application, and

    2. (b)

      the planning permission, or as the case may be the development consent under section 31 of the Planning Act 2008f1, for the development to which the building work relates.

  • Step 2

    Calculate the total amount of the building’s accommodation floorspace at the time the application was made.

  • Step 3

    Deduct the amount given by Step 2 from the amount given by Step 1.

(4)

In this regulation “accommodation floorspace” means residential floorspace that is within—

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

2008 c. 29.