Building Control fees 2025-26
The Building Control charges and Building Control miscellaneous fees will increase from 7 April 2025.
Part of: Type of application required
When a valid building notice has been submitted (including fee paid), building work may begin at any time provided the local authority is given 2 clear working days’ notice of the intention to start work, as required by Regulation 16(1) of the Building Regulations 2010.
A building notice application is an application under the building regulations giving brief details of your proposals for domestic alterations and extensions.
A building notice may be used where the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 does not apply. This may be appropriate where the building work is simple and drawings are not required.
You need to submit a building notice to us and it should include the information specified in Regulation 13. In the case of a new building or extension, the information should include a site plan.
Once the building notice has been deposited, we may ask in writing for further information.
Building work may start 48 hours after a valid building notice has been submitted and the relevant fee paid. If building work has not started within 3 years of a building notice being deposited, under Regulation 13(5) the building notice is no longer valid.
We are not required to pass or reject a building notice. If you use a building notice instead of the full plans route, then both of the following apply:
If building work contravenes the Building Regulations, we can require the work to be altered or removed.
Building Control
Alexandra House Level 5
10 Station Road
Wood Green
N22 7TR
United Kingdom