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Council telephone systems
We are moving to a new telephone system. This may cause some initial issues and disruption to calls while it is being set up. If you have any issues, you may wish to call back at another time. We appreciate your patience whilst the new system is implemented and apologise for any disruption that you may experience.
Pay your building regulations application fees
Check how much your application will cost, and when and how to pay.
Application fees
We will contact you after we have checked your application to tell you how much you need to pay.
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:
the size of the development
anticipated programme
estimated construction cost
Building Notices and Regularisations - when you need to pay
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.
Full Plans application - when you need to pay
We'll ask you to pay a Full Plans application in two stages:
You pay the Plan Charge after our team has checked your application and we've all the information we need. After payment, your plan will be sent for approval by our building inspector.
After work has started on site and we've carried out the first inspection, we'll invoice you for the Inspection Charge. This invoice is for all the inspections that take place before work is complete, plus the final certificate.
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.
Reversion & Dormant Applications – when you need to pay
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.