Building warrant application guidance
These notes should be used for guidance to complete an application for a building warrant or an application for amendment to warrant:
- the name and address of the owner is required as the Act requires the owner to be informed if a building warrant is granted
- if work has started, the regulations which apply are those at the date the application is received. Disruptive surveys may be needed to establish what has been constructed
- if works have been completed an application for warrant is not appropriate and a completion certificate under the terms of Section 17 (4) of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 should be submitted
- Building Standards – Privacy Notice
- guidance on certificates from approved certifiers, and the drawings and other information that should accompany this application is given in the paragraphs at 3.2 in the Procedural Handbook issued by our Building Standards Division
- note that this includes a commitment to meet the requirements of Regulations 13-15, which set requirements for how the public will be protected from the activities on site
- even where signed by an agent, it is the applicant that is declaring that the work will be done in accordance with the regulations and details of application
- where full information is not available, we may decide to grant a warrant on condition that you provide further details before certain stages of work commence on site. You must agree the stages with us
- if you disagree with our decision to refuse a warrant, within 21 days of the date of the decision, appeal to the Sheriff by way of summary application