Consultation to Reform Building Control Charges

Closes 25 Jan 2026

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Exceptions from charges – building work solely required for disabled persons. Adaptation works to existing dwellings. Adaptation works for existing buildings to which members of the public are admitted.

79. For LABCBs and the BSR – how much does providing services covered by these exceptions cost per year (over the most recent 3 financial years) for (a) existing dwellings and (b) existing public buildings?
80. How have you funded the costs of providing building control services associated with the exceptions?
81. For LABCBs and the BSR – please set out the numbers of buildings where you have provided services covered by these exceptions over the past 3 financial years for (a) existing dwellings and (b) existing public buildings?
82. For LABCBs and the BSR, what kinds of public buildings have been subject to such services?
83. While the Government is not proposing to amend this element of the charging regulations for existing dwellings, as part of our longer-term call for evidence, for all respondents, should the current exceptions continue for existing dwellings? Y/N
84. Please set out your reasons for your answer, including your views on where funding for this aspect of building control services should be sourced.
85. Please set out views or data on the costs or benefits of the provision of this service for existing dwellings.
86. Should the charge exception for disability-related adaptations in existing buildings to which the public is admitted be removed, both in relation to LABCB charges and BSR charges? Y/N
87. Please set out your reasons for your answer, including (if you think the exception should remain) your views on where funding for this aspect of building control services should be sourced.
88. Please set out views or data on the costs or benefits of the provision of this service for existing buildings to which the public are admitted.
89. Please let us know if you have any comments on the PSED analysis in general, including any evidence you have on the impact of these proposed reforms.