Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1988

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1988/871

1988 No. 871

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

The Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1988

Made 11th May 1988

Laid before Parliament 20th May 1988

Coming into force 13th June 1988

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1, 3, 16(10), 34, 35, 50(3) and 1261of, and paragraphs 2, 5 and 10(c) of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 19842, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 13th June 1988.

S-2 Amendment of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985

Amendment of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985

2. The Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 19853are amended as follows—

(1) in Schedule 1 there shall be substituted—

(a)

(a) for “£75” in paragraphs 2 and 5, “£80”, and

(b)

(b) for Tables 1 and 2, the following Tables—

TABLE 1

Plan fee for erection of small domestic building

“(1)

(2)

Number of dwellings

Amount of, or for determining, plan fee

£

1

48

2

96

3

144

4

192

5

240

6

273

7

305

8

337

9

369

10

401

11

417

12

433

13

449

14

465

15

481

16

497

17

513

18

529

19

545

20 or more

561

TABLE 2

Inspection fee for erection of small domestic building

(1)

(2)

Number of dwellings each having a total floor area exceeding 64mu22

Amount for determining inspection fee

£

1

48

2

96

3

144

4

192

5

240

6

257

7

273

8

289

9

305

10 or more

321”

(2) in Schedule 2 there shall be substituted—

(a)

(a) in paragraph 1 for “£10”, “£30” and “£40” respectively, “£11”, “£33” and “£44”, and

(b)

(b) for the Table in paragraph 2, the following Table—

TABLE

Fees for certain domestic extensions and alterations

“(1)

(2)

(3)

Type of work

Amount of plan fee

Amount of inspection fee

£

£

1. An extension or alteration consisting of the provision of one or more rooms in roof space, including means of access.

22

66

2. Any extension (not falling within paragraph 1 above) the total floor area of which does not exceed 20mu22, including means of access.

11

33

3. Any extension (not falling within paragraph 1 above) the total floor area of which exceeds 20mu22 but does not exceed 40mu22, including means of access.

22

66”

S-3 Transitional Provisions

Transitional Provisions

3. These Regulations shall not affect the application of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc) Regulations 1985 in relation to work in respect of which—

(1) a building notice was given or full plans were deposited (under regulation 11 of the Building Regulations 19854); or

(2) an initial notice or a public body’s notice was given (under section 47(1) or 54(1) of the Building Act 1984),

before 13th June 1988, notwithstanding that on or after that date a notice is or has been given, or plans are or have been deposited, in respect of substantially the same work.

S-4 Revocations

Revocations

4. Regulations 2(3)(a) and (c) and (4) of the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 19865are hereby revoked.

Nicholas Ridley

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

11th May 1988

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Building (Prescribed Fees etc) Regulations 1985 so as to increase the flat rate fees payable to a local authority—

by approximately 7% in respect of the erection of small domestic building and connected work (Schedule 1 to the 1985 Regulations), and

by approximately 10% in respect of the erection of certain garages, carports and the making of small extensions and alterations to domestic buildings (Schedule 2 to the 1985 Regulations).

Transitional provisions are contained in regulation 3. Regulation 4 revokes the provisions of the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1986 which are...

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