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Fees

Our fees are shown via our application portal. * Please note that our fees increase annually.
* The structural calculations you provide should be designed or checked by a Chartered Structural Engineer (MIStructE). If this hasn’t been done, and our consultant engineers need to review the calculations, an additional fee of £75 + VAT may apply for the structural check.

 

 

Online Applications

Online application forms have been updated to reflect the changes to the building regulations process on 1st October 2023. For general information on the legislative changes download ‘New Legislation Guidance’. Please ensure that you include all relevant details of your project in your application.

As an alternative to HBC’s online application you can apply via the Planning Portal, the national service for planning and building control applications, partnered with local authorities in England. They simplify access to information and services and you can work on your applications in draft before submission, you can also make a simple online payment.

 

 

For Full Plans applications – before submitting your online application please ensure you have the following:

  • Site Plan
  • Block Plan
  • Existing Floor Plans
  • Proposed Floor Plans
  • Section Drawing(s)
  • Elevation Drawings
  • Construction Specification (which may be annotated on the above and not a separate document)
  • Structural Calculations (which may or may not be accompanied by structural plans showing the position of beams, columns etc if not marked on the architectural plans)

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PDF Application Forms

  1. Download the relevant form from the buttons below and save it locally
  2. Fill in your details with any PDF editor
  3. Save the file (add your name to the filename)
  4. Email the form to us at building.control@hertfordshirebc.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 


Demolition of Buildings

To notify us of a demolition, please email the following details to building.control@hertfordshirebc.co.uk

  1. Full location of demolition site with site plan
  2. Contact details of the person submitting the application (including email address)
  3. The person responsible for carrying out the demolition work
  4. Proposed start date
  5. Estimated duration of work
  6. Note: a fee of £400.00 is applicable – Please confirm in your email whom we should contact to collect this fee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Personal Search Agents

From Monday 11th March 2019 there is a charge for using the online search portal. The process works on the purchase of credits that are used for individual purchases. The more credits that are purchased, the less the cost per search. The table of charges is below:

1 – 49 searches = £10.00 for 5 searches
50 – 99 searches = £9.75 for 5 searches
100+ searches = £9.50 for 5 searches

If you are a new user please register on the portal and you will be taken through the payments process. You will require a debit or credit card to make the payment.

The system remembers how many credits you have purchased and will carry forward the balance unused for the next time you log in.

We recommend that to maximize the probability of you finding the property you require you start with the street name. This will maximize the number of returns, and you can filter down the results without using up further credits until you find the property you require.

This payable service allows for a timely and immediate search query.


Please refer to our privacy policy for the full story on how we protect and manage your submitted data:

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