Check how much your application will cost, and when and how to pay.
We will contact you after we have checked your application to tell you how much you need to pay.
Download the table of building regulations application fees as a guide to how much your application might cost.
If you think your building works will cost more than £100,000, please phone email planning.applications@brighton-hove.gov.uk with details of the project and we will provide a free quotation.
The details should include:
Fee quotes are valid for 60 days from the date when they are issued and are based on construction being completed within 24 months from the date of the application being made valid.
We'll ask you to pay the fee for your Building Notice or Regularisation application after we've checked your application and we have all the information required.
Our fee is for all the inspections, plus the final certificate. The fee for Building Notices must be paid prior to work commencing and we will be unable to attend site to inspect works until payment is received.
Additional fees may be chargeable where the project takes more than 24 months to complete on site from the date of the application being made valid.
We'll ask you to pay a Full Plans application in two stages:
You can also elect to pay the fee for both the services (Plan Charge and Inspection Charge) when your application is being validated. Details of how to do this will be in the fee confirmation email you will receive.
Additional fees may be chargeable where the project takes more than 24 months to complete on site from the date of the application being made valid.
Where a registered building control approver ceases to oversee a project for a client and the work reverts to the city council, we'll ask you to pay the fee for your Reversion application after we've checked it and we have all the information required (including inspection records and approved plans.).
For most projects, the fee is equal to 130% of the standard building notice charge for the project. Additional fees will apply where the work is either not designed and constructed from common industry recognised standards and codes and/or is being undertaken at a property which is over 11 metres tall.
Our fee is for all the inspections, plus the final certificate. The fee must be paid prior to registering the application and we will be unable to attend site to inspect works until payment is received.
Where work has commenced and two years have passed since the date of our last inspection (a dormant application), the file will be archived on our system. If you require a site inspection and completion certificate after this time, you will need to request the file to re-opened in writing or by email.
There will be a be a fee payable to reactivate the application, which (for standard projects and buildings under 11 metres tall) is calculated as the difference between the current inspection charge or building notice fee payable for the project and what was paid when the application was submitted. This is should be paid immediately and we cannot arrange a site inspection until payment has been received.
Go to our online payments page and pay by credit or debit card.