What are Building Standards?

Building Standards responsibilities evolve from the Building (Scotland) Act 2003, which covers all types of buildings, to secure the health, safety, welfare and convenience persons in or about buildings and those who may be affected by buildings or....

What is Building Warrant Approval?

Building Warrant Approval is the approval granted by a Local Authority in order that a building may be constructed, extended, altered, demolished or converted....

Making a Building Warrant Application

Having first established that Building Warrant Approval is required for the proposals, an application will have to be submitted for Approval....

Plans Required for Building Warrant

Building Plans The plans should be to a scale of not less than 1/100 and should provide the following information....

Describes the requirement to reduce the carbon footprint of new buildings as set out in Policy NRG3 of the emerging replacement Midlothian Local Plan.