Building Safety Levy

When your first plot reaches commencement stage – usually when you get to slab level or, in the case of conversions, when 15% of the works have been completed you will need to submit your Commencement Form to us and you will also need to provide more detailed levy information. A template is below.

Information to provide to Wyre Council Building Control as part of a first commencement notice, or to reflect changes to works after commencement or as part of a levy update notice, where the levy charging conditions are met:  

The client should confirm the works do not require planning permission or confirm the planning permission developing under and (if applicable) confirm the prior approval of the local planning authority has been obtained or that this is not required. 

• Planning information required with the first commencement notice only if as part of the application for building control approval, it was confirmed that: 
  • planning permission is not required, a statement confirming that this remains the case and if it has changed setting out updated planning information, 
  • the dwellings and/ or purpose-built student accommodation are being built as part of a nationally significant infrastructure project, a statement confirming that this remains the case and if it has changed setting out updated planning information, 
  • planning permission or prior approval of the LPA had already been obtained a statement confirming that this information has already been provided (and if the planning permission has changed, details of the planning permission as updated), 
  • an application for planning permission had been made to the LPA but not yet determined or had not yet been made, information identifying the planning permission granted, 
  • or an application regarding prior approval of the LPA had been made to the LPA but not yet determined, or had not yet been made, information identifying prior approval of the LPA or confirmation that no prior approval of the LPA is required, and information illustrating this. 
• Planning information with the levy update notice or variation application only: either: 
  • confirmation that the planning information provided as part of the first commencement notice is still correct, or 
  • updated planning information if that has changed, or 
  • for variation applications only, where no planning information was provided with the first commencement notice, the applicant must confirm that the works do not require planning permission or confirm the planning permission under which the development is being carried out and, where applicable, that prior approval of the Local Planning Authority has been obtained or is not required. 

Other levy information: 

• the number of dwellings that will be provided as a result of the works which are exempt dwellings  
• a statement as to whether the “previous development condition” is met, that is: 
  • the development meets the definition of a previously developed site under regulation 21  
  • the planning permission for the development is granted through permitted development rights  
• for each building in the application which contains or comprises: 
  • dwellings that are not exempt or 
  • purpose-built student accommodation, or 
  • exempt dwellings and communal space that is used by non-exempt dwellings in the development  

The anticipated floorspace information upon completion of the works. This is: 

• the Gross Internal Area (GIA) of each chargeable dwelling (GIA in accordance with the RICS Code), 
• the Gross Internal Area (GIA) of any purpose-built student accommodation (GIA in accordance with the RICS Code), 
• the Gross Internal Area (GIA) of each area of communal space contained within the application which will be used by residents of non-exempt dwellings or purpose-built student accommodation (N.B. the gross internal area for any communal spaces which are used exclusively by units that are not levy chargeable or any communal spaces in buildings that contain no dwellings does not need to be provided) (GIA in accordance with the RICS Code), 
• for each area of communal space to be used by residents contained within the application, a statement as to whether it will be used by only non-exempt dwellings or purpose-built student accommodation, or whether it will be used by both non-exempt dwellings and exempt units (dwellings and exempt units across the development as a whole should be considered when making this statement), 
• for each area of communal space which will be used by both non-exempt dwellings or purpose-built student accommodation and exempt areas, the Gross Internal Area (GIA) of any levy chargeable dwellings or purpose-built student accommodation, and any non-chargeable areas/ units across the development as a whole, which will use the communal space (GIA in accordance with the RICS Code). 
• where the application or notice concerns works to an existing building containing dwellings, the above floorspace information should be provided for those buildings before the works commence, and upon the completion of the works  
• supporting evidence for all of the above information  

Building Safety Levy Charging Information (Commencement Stage)