Building Control charges seem high - why?
The Building Control service is required to cover all its costs from Charge income (none of the burden can fall on the council taxpayer) so we have to set Charge levels accordingly.
Our Charges reflect the need to visit the site an average of 8 times as work progresses (and remember, we guarantee to do so the same day provided you contact us before 10am) to check that the Regulations are being complied with. Our Charges could only be lowered by making corresponding reductions in our service, which would mean waiting longer for plans to be approved and for inspectors to visit sites.
Feedback from our customers indicates that they would prefer that our service standards are maintained, but we promise our charges will be no higher than necessary to achieve this.
