Building control: charges, notices and certificates

This consultation seeks views on reforming local authority building control services. The reforms would allow local authorities to charge users for more activities on a fuller cost-recovery basis.

The expected outcomes of these reforms include:

• making services more financially sustainable
• more recruitment and development of Registered Building Inspectors
• better compliance with the building regulations

There is limited data available about local authority charges and building control services. We are seeking to understand the current costs and charges better.

The consultation also covers:

• ways of improving the use of data standards
• amending the notices and certificates framework supplied to local authorities
• amending the Building Safety Regulator’s charging regulations
• suggestions for reforms that could be implemented over a longer time frame in future