Issue - meetings

That the setting of the Building Control Charges from 1 April 2021, as set out in Appendix A to the report, be agreed.

The Executive considered a report setting out proposed charges for the Building Control Shared Service, between Wokingham, the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead and West Berkshire Councils, to take effect on 1 April 2021.

The Executive Member for Environment and Leisure advised that the current schedule of charges had been agreed in May 2020.  There was a need to ensure that the service was offered to all local authorities on a true cost recovery basis.  It was therefore essential that the service kept charges as low as possible to remain competitive, but at the same time ensuring that sufficient income was generated.  This was particularly important so that sufficiently competitive salaries could be offered to recruit and retain staff to provide the high-quality service that residents deserved. 

Councillor Batth highlighted Appendix A, which showed the comparison between existing charges and the respective proposed charges which were being increased by 1.6% in line with the CPI index. 

RESOLVED:  That the setting of the Building Control Charges from 1 April 2021, as set out in Appendix A to the report, be agreed.