Standard Charges for the Creation of New Dwellings

The charges for Building Regulation work are required to cover the cost of the service provided with the exception of work that is carried out for the benefit of a disabled person that is charge exempt. These charges have been set by the Council on the basis that the building work does not consist of, or include, innovative or high-risk construction techniques and the duration of the building work from commencement to completion does not exceed 12 months.

They have also been set on the basis that the design and building work is undertaken by a person or company that is competent to carry out the relevant work. If this is not the case then the work may incur supplementary charges either as a result of additional inspections necessary to ascertain compliance and/or additional resources necessary to check plans deposited.

There are two methods of establishing the charge for building work: Individually determined charges and standard charges. The charges for the creation of up to 19 new dwellings are standard charges and are listed in table A.

If your building work is not listed as a standard charge in Table A or Table B, C or D that follow it will be individually determined and you should e-mail Building Control at: buildingcontrol@towerhamlets.gov.uk preferably with ‘request for building regulation charge’ in the title of the e-mail and provide a description of the intended work. We will contact you within 24 hours. Alternatively telephone our helpline – telephone 020 7364 5009

Table A

[Regularisation Charge = 1.25 x Building Notice Charge ~ No VAT]

Plan Charge

Number of Dwellings	Plan Charge (£)	Plan VAT (£)	Plan Total (£)
1	405	81.00	486.00
2	552	110.40	662.40
3	699	139.80	838.80
4	846	169.20	1015.20
5	993	198.60	1191.60
6	1140	228.00	1368.00
7	1287	257.40	1544.40
8	1434	286.80	1720.80
9	1581	316.20	1897.20
10	1728	345.60	2073.60
11	1874	374.80	2248.80
12	2021	404.20	2425.20
13	2168	433.60	2601.60
14	2315	463.00	2778.00
15	2462	492.40	2954.40
16	2609	521.80	3130.80
17	2756	551.20	3307.20
18	2903	580.60	3483.60
19	3050	610.00	3660.00

Inspection Charge

Number of Dwellings	Inspection Charge (£)	Inspection VAT (£)	Inspection Total (£)
1	£635	£127	£762
2	£876	£175.20	£1,051.20
3	£1,118	£223.60	£1,341.60
4	£1359	£271.80	£1630.80
5	£1,601	£320.20	£1921.20
6	£1,842	£368.40	£2,210.40
7	£2,083	£416.60	£2,499.60
8	£23,325	£4,665	£27,990
9	£2,566	£513.20	£3,079.20
10	£2,808	£561.60	£3,369.60
11	£3,049	£609.80	£3,658.80
12	£3,290	£658.00	£3,948.00
13	£3,532	£706.40	£4,238.40
14	£3,773	£754.60	£4,527.60
15	£4,014	£802.80	£4,816.80
16	£4,256	£851.20	£5,107.20
17	£4,497	£899.40	£5,396.40
18	£4,739	£947.80	£5,686.80
19	£4,980	£996	£5,976

Building Notice Charge

Number of Dwellings	Building Notice Charge	Building Notice VAT	Building Notice Total
1	£1,035	£207	£1,242
2	£1,424	£284.80	£1,708.80
3	£1,812	£362.40	£2,174.40
4	£2,201	£440.20	£2,641.20
5	£2,589	£517.80	£3,106.80
6	£2,978	£595.60	£3,573.60
7	£3,367	£673.40	£4040.40
8	£3,755	£751	£4,506
9	£4,144	£828.80	£4,972.80
10	£4,532	£906.40	£5,438.40
11	£4,921	£984.20	£5,905.20
12	£5,310	£1,062	£6,372
13	£5,698	£1,139.60	£6,837.60
14	£6,087	£1,217.40	£7,304.40
15	£6,476	£1,295.20	£7,771.20
16	£6,864	£1,372.80	£8,236.80
17	£7,253	£1,450.60	£8,703.60
18	£7,641	£1,528.20	£9,169.20
19	£8,030	£1,606	£9,636

All charges are based on the use of Part P registered electrician[s] in other cases a supplementary charge will apply.

The standard charges for new build houses and flats have been assessed on the basis that the floor layouts are similar and the building is no more than three storeys, including the ground storey, with no basement storey or underground car-park. In addition the floor area of a dwelling does not exceed 300m2.

You can use the below links to go to the relevant section:

Domestic Extensions and Alterations

Building control charges homepage

Alterations to a Single Non-Domestic Building