South Lanarkshire Council

You need a building warrant before you can carry out most types of building or demolition work. You need them to:

• construct a new building
• alter and extend an existing building
• demolish
• change the use of a building (from a house to a hotel for example)

A building warrant is a legal procedure that must be followed. This is to make sure any that any proposed building work meets current building regulations. It is also to make sure that when the work is finished it meets these standards.

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How to apply

You must submit:

• a building warrant application form
• plans of your proposal
• a fee to your local area Planning and Building Standards office. Cheques should be made payable to South Lanarkshire Council.

Other building standards forms:

• Amendment to a building warrant application
• Application to extend the period of validity of a building warrant
• Erection of raised structure application
• Late submission of completion certificate
• Notice of finalisation of structural details
• Notice of intention to use an approved certifier of construction
• Request for confirmation that proposed works do not require building warrant approval
• Request for inspection in respect of building works without statutory consent
• Request for inspection of work where warrant has expired and no certificate of completion issued
• Temporary occupation or use

Legal stuff

Building warrants and planning permission are entirely separate legal requirements. They apply to different aspects of building development work. It is important that you check to see if you need either or both of them.

Getting back to you

For more information on how quickly we process applications, see our Building standards customer charter. It has details of all our service standards.

Weekly lists of applications and decisions

See the current building warrant applications and decisions.

For more information contact Planning and Building Standards Headquarters.