Decision Maker: Group Director of Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
A review has been undertaken of Durham County
Council (DCC) and Stockton Borough Council (SBC) Building Control
fees. Over sixty building work categories and size fee points were
reviewed with SBC/DCC fees 10% on average higher than
Darlington.
An 11% increase is proposed in the Appendices with a proposed
implementation date in November 2024, which will then remain fixed
for a minimum of 18 months.
1st November 2024.
To implement revised fees from 1st November
2024 as outlined in this decision record.
The proposed additional fees are required to support the costs of
the service. In April 2024 the Building Safety Regulator introduced
new requirements for competence validation and legal/procedural
changes, all of which require additional resource, training,
supervision and specialism, which increase the cost of the
service.
The Building Control service competes for work
with external approval bodies and to retain customer’s
confidence, price predictability and not to risk reputation several
options were considered for a revised set of Darlington
charges.
Publication date: 07/10/2024
Date of decision: 20/09/2024