Building Standards: list of guidance

The Building Standards Customer Journey explains the roles and responsibilities of the home owner in relation to the building standards process. This gives helpful guidance to those who intend to carry out building work and where to seek help.

Low Carbon

• Progress Report on the Low Carbon Building Standards Strategy for Scotland
• A Low Carbon Building Standards Strategy for Scotland (The Sullivan Report)
• Zero-Carbon Homes Relief from Stamp Duty Land Tax

General guidance leaflets

• Guide to fees charged for services undertaken by BSD
• A Home Owner's Guide to Cavity Wall Insulation
• Noise - Guidance on home improvements
• Domestic Boiler Guidance
• Non Domestic Boiler Guidance
• Replacement Windows To 1 and 2 Storey Houses
• Alterations to Existing Kitchens to 1 and 2 Storey Houses
• Minor Building Work to 1 and 2 Storey Houses
• Alterations to Existing WCS, Bathrooms and Shower Rooms to 1 and 2 Storey Houses
• Home Improvements - A Sustainability guide
• Protective Barriers in Existing Non-Domestic Buildings

Certification guidance

• A leaflet guide to Certification
• Certification Structural Design
• Certification Electrical Installation to BS 7671
• Certification Energy Design
• Procedural Guidance on Certification (including information to be submitted with a Building Warrant Application)
• Use an RIAS Energy Design Certifier

Guidance for the professional

• Electrical work not requiring a warrant (Domestic)
• Electrical work not requiring a warrant (Non-Domestic)
• Combustion appliances and associated work not requiring a warrant (Domestic)
• Combustion appliances and associated work not requiring a warrant (Non-Domestic)
• Plumbing installation not requiring a warrant (Domestic)
• Plumbing installation work not requiring a warrant (Non-Domestic)
• Removal of Crown Immunity from Building Regulations

Removal of Crown Immunity from Building Regulations

• The Scottish Building Standards Procedural Guidance for Crown Buildings

Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009

Report on Scottish Government Approach to Implementing Section 63 Energy Performance of Non-Domestic Buildings