Payment application: definition and example
Your claim for payment for a cycle, stating the sum you consider due and how you worked it out.
By Jack Butler-Kettle · Updated
Guidance for England and Wales. Check the contract, amendments and facts that apply to your job.
What it means in practice
Read this alongside section 110A of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and section 110B of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.
A payment application explains the amount claimed for a payment cycle and its calculation. The contract may specify dates, recipients, format and supporting records. An application may also have a notice function where the applicable mechanism provides for it, but that should not be assumed from its label.
Connect each valuation to records and preserve proof of submission. Underpayment prevention helps build a repeatable application process.
Worked example
The facts
A specialist prepares a monthly application including measured work and two instructed changes.
What happens
It separates the original scope, each variation and previous amounts paid.
It submits to the required recipient on the agreed date and keeps the delivery record.
What this shows
The application explains both the amount and the route by which it was claimed, reducing avoidable uncertainty.