Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 2600

The Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1990

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1990 No. 2600

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

The Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1990

Made	17th December 1990

Laid before Parliament

3rd January 1991

Coming into force

1st February 1991

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 1, 3, 16(10), 34, 35 50(3) and 126^[1] of, and paragraphs 2, 5 and 10(c) of Schedule 1 to, the Building Act 1984^[2], and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st February 1991.

Amendment of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985
    2.    The Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985^[3] are amended as follows.

    3.    In Schedule 1 there shall be substituted—
 (a) for "£88" in paragraphs 2 and 5, "£95", and
 (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	57
2	114
3	171
4	228
5	285
6	323
7	360
8	398
9	435
10	473
11	493
12	512
13	531
14	549
15	569
16	588
17	606
18	626
19	645
20 or more	663


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
	£
2	57
2	114
3	171
4	228
5	285
6	304
7	323
8	342
9	360
10 or more	379

    4.    In Schedule 2 there shall be substituted—
 (a) in paragraph 1 for "£14", "£43" and "£57" respectively, "£15", "£45" and "£60", and
 (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 of alteration consisting of the provision of one or more rooms in roof space, including means of access.	30	90
2.    Any extension (not falling within paragraph 1 above) the total floor area of which does not exceed 20m2, including means of access.	15	45
3.    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.	30	90

    5.    In Schedule 4 there shall be substituted—
 (a) in paragraphs 1 and 3 for "£25" and "£250" respectively, "£50" and "£500", and
 (b) for "£25" in paragraph 2, "£50".

Transitional Provisions
    6.    

These Regulations shall not affect the application of the Building (Prescribed Fees etc) Regulations 1985 in relation to work in respect of which—
 (a) a building notice was given or full plans were deposited under regulation 11 of the Building Regulations 1985^[4]; or
 (b) an initial notice or a public body's notice was given under section 47(1) or 54(1) of the Building Act 1984,
before 1st February 1991, 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.

Revocations
    7.    The Building (Amendment of Prescribed Fees) Regulations 1989^[5] are hereby revoked.

Michael Heseltine

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State

17th December 1990

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend the Building (Prescribed Fees etc.) Regulations 1985 so as to —
(a) increase the flat rate fees payable to a local authority by approximately 7.5% in respect of the erection of small domestic buildings and connected work (Schedule 1 to the 1985 Regulations) and the erection of certain garages, carports and the making of small extensions and alterations to domestic buildings (Schedule 2 to those Regulations),

(b) double the minimum and maximum limits, set in November 1985, of the fees payable to the Secretary of State for the determination by him of questions about the conformity of plans with building regulations and questions arising between approved inspectors and developers which it is estimated will increase the average determination fee by 36%, and

(c) double the flat rate fee, set in November 1985, payable to the Secretary of State in respect of questions concerning the rejection of certificated plans.

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Notes:

[1] See definition of "prescribed".

[2] 1984 c. 55.

[3] S.I. 1985/1576, amended by S.I. 1985/1936, 1986/2287, 1987/798 and 1989/1118.

[4] S.I. 1985/1065, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[5] S.I. 1989/1118.

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