Cost of Building Regs for New House?

sca

Can someone tell me how much should I have pay for Building Regulations for New House. Could some also help me with what has changed recently in terms of Building Regs?

Regards,

sca

baldelectrician

Don't know about England & Wales much but a shed load had changed in Scotland, since May 2005.

Call your local council for more information.

In Scotland the rates for a building warrant vary by the £ cost of the job:

http://www.sbsa.gov.uk/proced_legislation/proc_handbook.pdf

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sca

Thanks Baldelectrician.

Anyone with cost or information in UK? More interested in how much is a reasonable for Building Regs.

Regards,

sca

angelavdavis

Look online!

All Local Authorities have to publish their costs online. Look up Planning/Building regulations on your local authority web site.

This is mine:

http://www.hastings.gov.uk/building_control/charges.aspx

As for Scotland, the charges depend on the amount being spent on the job. But I don't know if they are fixed across UK, so check locally.

babyangel10

Just a thought, but is the OP referring to the cost of Full Plans approval rather than the application cost?

Whereby you get a professional to list all the necessary spec needed to get the building work approved by an inspector prior to work starting?

If so, then quotes do vary quite a bit - it's a case of shopping around - I was quoted various prices from £250 to £1200! :eek:

HTH?

sca

I have planning approved now stuck for Building Regs as the same Architect has decided to increase the fee by 150% after doing half the job.

Regards,

sca

adr0ck

in my local county (all include VAT)

plan charge = £164.50

inspection charge = £188.00

Building notice and reversion charge = £352.50

with regards to regs

the main changes have been to part L and F

to achieve current part L basically you need to achieve following u values

Walls — 0.27
Flat ceiling — 0.16
Pitched roof — 0.20
Floor — 0.22
Windows — 1.8
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useful tool is the following website....

http://playtheregs.com/