Work to a home, including extensions and loft and garage conversions

Extensions

  Plan Check Inspection Building Notice Regularisation

Extension with a floor area not exceeding 15 square metres

£239.50  £554.50 £829.25 £1,037.25

Extension with a floor area not exceeding 60 square metres

£286.25 £618.75 £952.75 £1,189.75

Extension with a floor area exceeding 60 square metres 

£323.75 £650.00 £1,029.50 £1,286.50

Erection or extension of a non-exempt garage or carport up to 100 square metres

£200.25 £330.50 £530.75 £663.25

 

Loft or garage conversions

  Plan Check Inspection Building Notice Regularisation

Loft conversion not more than 40 square metres

£270.50 £560.00 £944.00 £1,179.75

Loft conversion from 40 to 100 square metres 

£359.50 £590.00 £1,015.00 £1,268.75

Conversion of a garage to a habitable room

£178 £295.00 £483.00 £604.50

Other work to a home, including underpinning

Table A

Any one of these types of work 

Building notice (including VAT) 

Regularisation (including VAT) 

  • replacement of 1-5 windows and or external doors 

£177.00 £220.50
  • replacement of 6-10 windows and or external doors or installation of 1 or more rooflights 

  • electrical work other than a re-wire or where certification cannot be provided 

  • cavity wall insulation 

  • installation of a WC 

  • replacement of a defective beam 

  • new door opening 

£206.00 £258.00
  • renovation of a thermal element 

  • replacement of 11 or more windows 

  • energy saving system/appliance, i.e. replacement boiler or solar panels (not covered by a competent persons scheme) 

  • removal of loadbearing wall to form a through room with an opening up to 3m in length 

  • removal of a chimney breast 

£253.75 £315.00
  • re-roofing 

  • replacement bay windows up to 3 storeys 

  • electrical re-wire 

£311.75 £389.50

Table B

Estimated cost of works Plan Check Inspection Building Notice Regularisation

Less than £5,000

£105.75 £229.25 £306.00 £385.00

£5,000 to £15,000

£178.00 £367.25 £600.00 £718.50

£15,000 to £25,000

£229.25 £530.75 £761.25 £950.50
£25,000 to £50,000 £259.50 £736.75 £1,088.50 £1,361.25

£50,000 to £100,000

£343.00 £913.75 £1,385.75 £1,732.75

If you estimate the cost of your building works is over £100,000, please send an email to building.control@brighton-hove.gov.uk 

Building new houses of no more than 3 storeys and not exceeding 300 square metres

New houses

Number of Dwelling Houses Plan Check Inspection Building Notice Regularisation

1

£365.25 £690.00 £1,135.25 £1,420.25

2

£495.25 £1,031.50 £1,674.00 £2,092.50

3

£536.25 £1,380.00 £2,116.75 £2,646.75

4

£577.75 £1,721.75 £2,555.50 £3,193.25

For any projects with more than 4 new dwellings, over 3 storeys or exceeding 300 square metres please send an email to building.control@brightonhove.gov.uk 

Non-domestic work – such as alterations and extensions

Estimated cost of works 

Full plans application (including VAT 

Regularisation (including VAT) 

Less than £5,000 

£347.25 

£434.00

£5,000 to £25,000 

£500.75

£626.75

£25,000 to £50,000 

£913.75

£1,142.00

£50,000 to £100,000 

£1,220.75

£1,525.75

Fit-out of building up to 100 square metres 

£825.75

£1,031.50

If you estimate the cost of your building works is over £100,000, please send an email to building.control@brighton-hove.gov.uk.