The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has launched a consultation seeking views on reforms to charges for 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; and
- better compliance with the Building Regulations.
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 Regulatorโs charging regulations; and
- suggestions for reforms that could be implemented over a longer time frame in future.
This consultation closes at 11:59pm on 25 January 2026. Details can be found here.
