Section 20 Consultation and Major Works in Cornwall
The figures Cornwall Council publishes, rather than a national average.
- Local authority
- Cornwall Council
- Service
- Section 20 consultation
- From our Plymouth office
- Approx. 7 miles
Building Control in Cornwall
Cornwall's rule decides the route before it decides the price, and it catches every block: a Building Notice cannot be used for flats which have common areas. That forces Full Plans on communal work whether or not you wanted the plan check. It matters twice over if the work has already been done, because Cornwall prices regularisation at the combined plan and inspection fee plus 40 per cent rather than at the Building Notice fee plus 40, so retrospective approval on a block costs materially more than the same words would suggest for a house.
Consent for External Works in Cornwall
Cornwall publishes a hard number where most councils publish a preference: slimline double glazing in a listed building is limited to 12 millimetres. Its common works guidance also names the alternatives it will accept and the pointing and roofing requirements it expects. Note the limit of that guidance, which the council does not spell out: it is published for listed buildings. For an unlisted building in a conservation area the council says only that external works may need permission and that an Article 4 direction can remove permitted development rights for windows, doors, exterior painting and roofs.
What We Do About Section 20 Consultation in Cornwall
Section 20 consultation in Cornwall is part of a full management service. Cornwall Council's published figures are the starting point, not an estimate:
- Price the work against Cornwall Council's own published schedule at the point the budget is set.
- Check the appraisal for this area before materials are chosen, since that is where the restriction usually sits.
That work sits inside a fixed annual management fee. We take no commission on contractor work, so there is no incentive on our side for the job to get bigger.
How This Works, in General
The law here is the same in Cornwall as it is anywhere in England, and it is set out in full on our major-works-section-20 page rather than repeated on this one. What changes locally is above: the authority, the figures, and what the tribunal has actually done with cases nearby.
Other Services in Cornwall
Everything else we do in the area is on the Cornwall page, and the full matrix is at services by area.