Building Standards

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The building standards service makes sure that all building works comply with building regulations, which set the national standards for health and safety. This involves processing building warrant applications, inspecting building works and accepting or rejecting completion certificates when the work is completed.

You can use the links below to find up-to-date information on building standards, make an online application and search for outstanding applications:

• Building standards application forms and guidance notes
• Building standards online - a user guide - Designed to help those who are using the system for the first time or having difficulty using it.
• Building standards application search - Search for information using application details such as the reference number, location, applicant name or registration date.
• Building warrant applications registered - View the weekly lists of building warrant applications registered by Renfrewshire Council.
• Peer group reviews of building warrants - Information about the consortium agreement we have signed with a number of other local authorities to ensure the transparency and third party checking of building warrants and completion certificate submissions.

The building standards service also help with the completion of property sales where work has been carried out, but no information or documents exist to show that adequate requirements were met.

We also play a major role in public safety with regards to buildings that have become dangerous or defective for a variety of reasons such as extreme weather conditions, fire damage, building deterioration through age or lack of proper maintenance measures.

You may be interested in reading our building standards service pledge and performance indicators. Or, you can find out more about various pieces of legislation - such as the legal consent you need to use raised structures or the Safety at Sports Grounds Act 1975 - by visiting the Licensing section of this site.

Contact us:

• email:bc@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 0141 842 5878
• fax: 0141 842 5040
• visit or write to us at:
  Planning and Transport
  Renfrewshire House
  Cotton Street
  PAISLEY
  PA1 1LL