UK Statutory Instrument SI 2025 England

The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025

These Regulations make provision for the imposition of a Building Safety Levy (“the levy”) by reference to building control applications. These Regulations provide for who is liable to pay the levy, how it is to be calculated, when it is to be paid, and how the revenue collected is passed …

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Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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Part 1

INTRODUCTORY

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s.001 Citation, commencement, extent and application
s.002 Interpretation
Part 2

BUILDING SAFETY LEVY: GENERAL PROVISION

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s.003 Building safety levy
s.004 Designation of collecting authorities
Part 3

KEY CONCEPTS

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s.005 “Building control application”
s.006 “Major residential development” etc
s.007 “Residential building” and “relevant residential building”
s.008 “Ordinary residential dwelling”
s.009 “Purpose-built student accommodation” etc
s.010 “Residential floorspace”
s.011 “Communal space for residents”
s.012 “Gross internal area”
s.013 Exempt person: non-profit registered providers of social housing
s.014 Commencement of building work
Part 4

CHARGE TO THE LEVY

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s.015 Charge to building safety levy
s.016 Amount charged
s.017 Chargeable accommodation floorspace
s.018 Chargeable amount of communal floorspace: general
s.019 Chargeable amount of communal floorspace: “relevant percentage”
s.020 Applicable area rate
s.021 Previously developed sites
Part 5

LIABILITY TO PAY THE LEVY

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s.022 Liability of named client to pay the levy Regulated
  • Pay the building safety levy for chargeable applicationsClient
s.024 Levy due date Regulated
  • Pay the Building Safety Levy by the due dateClient
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.023 “Named client”
Part 6

PROVISION OF LEVY INFORMATION

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s.029 Amendment of RBCA Regulations: information to be provided with initial notices etc Regulated
  • Provide building safety levy information with building control noticesClient
s.032 Provision of application information by the regulator Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must share building safety levy details with collection authoritiesStatutory regulator
s.033 Provision of commencement of building work information by the regulator Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must notify collecting authority of building commencement and appealsStatutory regulator
s.034 Provision of new named client information by the regulator Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • The building safety regulator must notify the levy collector of client changesStatutory regulator
s.035 Provision of confirmation by collecting authority Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Collecting authority must notify the regulator upon receipt of levy evidenceLocal authority
s.036 Applications under section 30A of the 1984 Act: rejection of higher-risk building application Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must notify the levy authority of rejected building applicationsCrown / Minister / Government department
6 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.025 Amendment of 2010 Regulations: general
s.026 Amendment of 2010 Regulations: requirement in relation to building safety levy information
s.027 Amendment of 2010 Regulations: building safety levy information
s.028 Amendment of 2010 Regulations: notices etc
s.030 Amendment of HRB Regulations: general
s.031 Amendment of HRB Regulations: building safety levy information etc
Part 7

DETERMINATION OF LEVY LIABILITY

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s.037 Collecting authority: determination of levy liability amount Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Collecting authority must determine building safety levy liability and give noticeLocal authority
s.039 “Levy liability notice” Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Collecting authority must issue a detailed levy liability noticeLocal authority
2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.038 “Determination period”
s.040 “Notice of no charge”
Part 8

VARIATION OF BUILDING CONTROL APPLICATIONS

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s.041 Variation applications
s.042 Effect of a variation application
s.043 Cancellation and reinstatement of levy determination notices
s.044 Amendment of RBCA Regulations: information to be provided with amendment notices
s.045 Amendment of HRB Regulations: information to be provided with change control applications
Part 9

LEVY INFORMATION SPOT CHECKS AND LEVY UPDATES

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s.047 Requirement to carry out levy information spot checks: Category 1 Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Collecting authority must spot-check Category 1 levy informationLocal authority
s.048 Requirement to carry out levy information spot checks: Category 2 Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Collecting authority must spot-check Category 2 levy informationLocal authority
s.049 Requirement to notify named client of levy information spot check Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Authority must notify you when starting a levy information spot checkLocal authority
s.050 Further information and notice of outcome Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Authority must provide notice of building safety levy spot check outcomeLocal authority
s.051 Inaccurate building safety levy information Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Collecting authority must identify inaccurate levy info and substitutionsLocal authority
s.052 Levy update notices Regulated
  • Request a revised levy determination when building work changesClient
s.053 Procedure and outcome for levy updates Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Collecting authority must process levy updates within specific timelinesLocal authority
2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.046 “Levy information spot check”
s.054 Request for revised levy determination
Part 10

LEVY PAYMENT AND COMPLETION OF WORKS

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s.055 Requirements in relation to levy payment certificates Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Collecting authority must issue levy payment certificates within 2 weeksLocal authority
s.056 Content of levy payment certificate Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Collecting authority must issue a detailed levy payment certificateLocal authority
s.063 Provision of information by the named client and by the collecting authority in relation to completion applications Regulated
  • Submit levy information when applying for building completion certificatesClient
s.064 Rejection of applications by the Secretary of State Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must reject completion applications without levy approvalCrown / Minister / Government department
s.065 Refund of levy payments: conditions A to D Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Collecting authority must refund overpaid building safety levyLocal authority
s.066 Refund of levy payments: conditions E to K Regulated
  • Apply for a Building Safety Levy refund if project circumstances changeClient
s.067 Refunds: levy liability amount, levy liability notices and levy payment certificates Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Collecting authority must process building safety levy refunds within set windowsLocal authority
6 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.057 Amendment of 2010 Regulations: completion notice
s.058 Amendment of 2010 Regulations: withholding a completion certificate
s.059 Amendment of RBCA Regulations: compliance declarations
s.060 Amendment of RBCA Regulations: rejecting final certificate
s.061 Amendment of HRB Regulations: completion certificate applications
s.062 Amendment of HRB Regulations: rejecting completion certificate applications
Part 11

PAYMENT OF RECEIPTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE

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s.068 Provision of payment information to the Secretary of State Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Collecting authorities must provide quarterly levy returns to the Secretary of StateLocal authority
s.070 Reimbursement by the Secretary of State Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must reimburse collecting authority deficitsCrown / Minister / Government department
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.069 Payment and deduction of administrative expenses
Part 12

DECISIONS OF COLLECTING AUTHORITY: REVIEWS AND APPEALS

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s.072 Carrying out a review Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Collecting authority must review levy decisions within 28 daysLocal authority
2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.071 Request for a review
s.073 Appeal against decision on a review
Part 13

SECRETARY OF STATE REVIEW OF REGULATIONS

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s.074 Secretary of State review of building safety levy Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must review building safety levy and publish reportsCrown / Minister / Government department
Schedules

Schedules

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s.sch001 Exempt buildings (opens in a new tab)
s.sch001 Exempt buildings: general
s.sch001 School accommodation
s.sch001 Care homes
s.sch001 Secure residential institutions
s.sch001 Hospitals
s.sch001 Accommodation for victims of domestic abuse
s.sch001 Children’s homes, residential family centres and supported accommodation for children
s.sch001 Temporary accommodation for homeless people
s.sch002 Ordinary residential dwellings: exemptions (opens in a new tab)
s.sch002 “Social housing”: general
s.sch002 Condition 1
s.sch002 Condition 2
s.sch002 Condition 3
s.sch002 Condition 4
s.sch002 Definitions
s.sch002 Supported housing
s.sch002 (1) “Exempt accommodation” means— (a) school accommodation,
s.sch003 Area Rates (opens in a new tab)
s.sch004 Named client (opens in a new tab)
s.sch004 Named client in relation to building control applications with full plans or related updated application
s.sch004 Named client in relation to initial notice or related updated application
s.sch004 Named client in relation to higher-risk building application or related updated application
s.sch005 RBCA Regulations: substituted forms (opens in a new tab)

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