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Schedule 3

Building Safety Levy rates by council: standard and brownfield

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Each of the 298 local authority areas has a standard rate and a brownfield rate at half of it.

Talk to a specialist The council, the floorspace and whether the site is brownfield. The rates come from the Regulations.

The 298 areas and rates in Schedule 3 of the Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025. Default: Dover, the government's own worked example.

Default: the government's worked example, 20 houses of 100m² each.

Developments of fewer than 10 new dwellings are exempt (or fewer than 30 bedspaces for purpose-built student accommodation).

The discounted rate applies where at least 75% of the land within the red-line boundary is previously developed land.

Building Safety Levy due

£30,380

Levy rate per m² for your area£15
Levy per dwelling£1,519
The other rate for your area, for comparison£30

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How this calculator works
  • The rates. Schedule 3 of the Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025 sets a rate per square metre for each of 298 local authority areas, a previously developed land rate and a standard rate, from £6.35 and £12.70 in County Durham to £50.17 and £100.35 in Kensington and Chelsea. The calculator carries every row. (The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025, Schedule 3: rates by local authority)
  • The calculation. The levy is the area rate times the chargeable floorspace. The government's own worked example: 20 houses of 100m² on previously developed land in Dover at £15.19 per m², £30,380. (GOV.UK: Building Safety Levy technical consultation, government response)
  • Who pays and when. The levy applies from 1 October 2026 to building control applications and initial notices for new residential development in England, unless exempt. Developments of fewer than 10 new dwellings, or fewer than 30 PBSA bedspaces, are exempt. (Guildford Borough Council: Building Safety Levy information for developers)
  • The brownfield rate. The discounted rate is 50% of the standard rate and applies where at least 75% of the land within the planning red-line boundary is previously developed land. (Telford & Wrekin Council: Building Safety Levy)
  • Not tested. The calculator does not test the other exemptions (affordable housing, certain care and specialist housing, and others the Regulations list), how floorspace is measured on a mixed-use scheme, or any refund. The collecting authority's levy notice is the figure you pay.

Rates councils publish

CouncilStandard per m²Brownfield per m²Source
Kirklees£16.88£8.44 Building Safety Levy rates published by collecting councils: every row, with its source
Plymouth£24.13£12.06 Building Safety Levy rates published by collecting councils: every row, with its source
Bury£24.29£12.14 Building Safety Levy rates published by collecting councils: every row, with its source
Telford and Wrekin£24.37£12.18 Building Safety Levy rates published by collecting councils: every row, with its source
Leeds£24.57£12.29 Building Safety Levy rates published by collecting councils: every row, with its source
Cornwall£29.58£14.79 Building Safety Levy rates published by collecting councils: every row, with its source
Broadland£29.89£14.95 Building Safety Levy rates published by collecting councils: every row, with its source
Basingstoke and Deane£38.20£19.10 Building Safety Levy rates published by collecting councils: every row, with its source
Rushmoor£38.81£19.41 Building Safety Levy rates published by collecting councils: every row, with its source
Elmbridge£42.17£21.08 Building Safety Levy rates published by collecting councils: every row, with its source
Bromley£49.63£24.81 Building Safety Levy rates published by collecting councils: every row, with its source
Lewisham£54.84£27.42 Building Safety Levy rates published by collecting councils: every row, with its source
Hounslow£58.29£29.15 Building Safety Levy rates published by collecting councils: every row, with its source

The extremes

  • Lowest: County Durham, £12.70 standard and £6.35 brownfield.
  • Highest: Kensington and Chelsea, £100.35 standard and £50.17 brownfield.

Source: The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025, Schedule 3: rates by local authority

Every area

The calculator carries all 298 rates from Schedule 3.

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Sources

This site's own datasets, every figure quoted from its source and dated:

  1. The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025, Schedule 3: rates by local authority
  2. The Building Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025
  3. Building Safety Act 2022, section 58
  4. GOV.UK: Building Safety Levy technical consultation, government response
  5. GOV.UK: Building Safety Levy guidance
  6. Guildford Borough Council: Building Safety Levy information for developers
  7. Telford & Wrekin Council: Building Safety Levy
  8. East Hampshire District Council: Building Safety Levy guidance
  9. UK Parliament: written statement on the Building Safety Levy

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