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Pay building control

You can pay for your building regulation full plans approval, building notice, regularisation, and demolition applications online, by phone or by cheque.

If you have an invoice pay directly using your invoice number.We raise invoices for full plans approval applications after your first inspection.

Pay online

The form will take 5 minutes to complete.

You will need:

  • the service you are paying for
  • the reference number or invoice number you are paying against
  • the amount you are paying
  • your credit card

Make a payment to building control

Pay by phone

Call 01270 375 256 to pay with a debit or credit card (not American Express).

Pay by cheque

Send a cheque made out to Cheshire East Council to:

Delamere House,
Delamere Street,
Crewe,
CW1 2LL

Include a note with the property address and your reference number. 

Building regulation charges explained

The Building (Local Authority Charges) Regulations 2010 authorise the local authority to fix charges to recover the costs of performing our functions relating to the Building Regulations.

We set charges annually across a varied range of schemes according to building use and work type. We generally split charges into two types:

  • Standard fixed charges – for common domestic projects such as extensions, loft conversions and internal alterations.
  • Individually determined charges – for larger or more complex works outside the standard schedule. This may include a combination of those works covered by the standard charges when undertaken at the same time. These are often referred to as “multiple works”.

You can view our standard fee schedule online through our portal when submitting your application or request a quote from our team.

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Charges generally relate to the work required to ensure compliance across the borough and are payable at varying times dependent on the nature of the charge applicable. 

Building Notice – Pay the full charge on submission. If you do not pay, the submission becomes invalid, and any works undertaken before payment will breach the regulations.

Application for Full Plans Approval – We generally divide this charge into two parts: the application charge (covers assessment of drawings through to approval) and the inspection charge. 

We calculate all charges in accordance with the standard framework based on works being undertaken and completed within 12 months, with a maximum of 10 inspections.

If there has been a lapse of notification from the last inspection, we apply an additional charge. This depends on the time elapsed between inspections:

  • 12 to 18 months - £175 + Vat 
  • Over 18 months - £208.33 + Vat 

For older projects, we apply the appropriate charge scheme for the year of submission.

If more than 10 inspections are required due to difficult problem sites, we may apply an additional charge per hour.

We calculate charges for works reverted back to the authority based on the annually calculated hourly rate. The number of hours apportioned to the scheme depends on the information provided by both the developer/client and the registered building control approver.

Works undertaken before notifying the authority breach the regulations and may lead to prosecution depending on the severity of the breach.

We may consider a process to regularise the works without formal action. While this option exists, we do not encourage it and it may require in-depth investigations. Therefore, the applicable charge will generally be greater than a normal submission, typically 20% higher.. 

In this circumstance, paying the charge does not guarantee the issue of a certificate nor provide immunity to legal proceedings until the authority is satisfied all regulations have been complied with.

The council does not fix or recover a charge for providing accommodation or facilities designed to secure the greater health, safety, welfare, or convenience of a disabled person in relation to an existing dwelling, which is, or will be, occupied by that disabled person as a permanent residence where such work consists of:

  • adapting or extending existing accommodation or an existing facility, or providing alternative accommodation or an alternative facility where the existing accommodation or facility could not be used by the disabled person or could only be used with assistance; or

providing or extending a room which will be used solely:

  • for carrying out medical treatment for the benefit of the disabled person which cannot reasonably be carried out in any other room in the dwelling, or
  • for storing medical equipment for the use of the disabled person, or
  • to provide sleeping accommodation for a carer where the disabled person requires 24-hour care.

Page last reviewed: 28 November 2025