Press Release Date: 16th April 2009

Online Applications Save Councils 53%

A recent report published by Communities and Local Government titled 'Enabling Electronic Communication of Building Control Documents - Final Impact Assesment' calculates that the average cost savings made per electronic application compared with paper is 53% 

"...those who choose to use this method are expected to benefit from significant time and cost savings and improved efficiency of the system.  Overall, we estimate that e-enabling will save around 53 per cent of the admin burden associated with obtaining building control consent."

 

Extract From Enabling Electronic Communication of Building Control Documents - Final Impact Assesment 

 

For a breakdown of the savings click here.

  

 

For information about getting e-enabled with the LABC Submit-a-Plan portal click here.