Publications

Planning system - promotion and mediation: draft guidance - consultation

This consultation paper seeks views on draft guidance on the promotion and use of mediation in the Scottish planning system.

Type: Consultation paper
Date: 16 December 2020

Short-term lets – licensing scheme and planning control areas: business and regulatory impact assessment

Business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA) relating to the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2021 (“the Licensing Order”) and the Town And Country Planning (Short-Term Let Control Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (“the Control Area Regulations”).

Type: Impact assessment
Date: 14 December 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19): special measures to enable the erection of temporary care assistance buildings - letter to local authorities

Letter from the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning Kevin Stewart MSP about special measures to enable the erection of temporary care assistance buildings as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Type: Correspondence
Date: 11 December 2020

Short-term lets – licensing scheme and planning control areas: consultation analysis

Report on the Scottish Government’s short term lets: consultation on a licensing scheme and planning control areas in Scotland which ran from 14 September to 16 October 2020.

Type: Consultation analysis
Date: 10 December 2020

Fire safety design summary

A Fire Safety Design Summary (FSDS) records key information relating to the design and construction of a building, which will assist in ongoing operation and maintenance of the building for fire safety purposes.

Type: Form
Date: 09 December 2020

Building standards - legislation and guidance changes for March 2021: letter to local authority verifiers - 3 December 2020

Guidance for local authority verifiers on changes to building standards legislation and guidance coming into force on 1 March 2021.

Type: Correspondence
Date: 03 December 2020

Part of:: Building standards: verification and certification

Various questions regarding Road Bridges: EIR release

Information request and response under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004

Type: FOI/EIR release
Date: 02 December 2020

Link Group affordable housing on former Ravenscraig hospital site: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Type: FOI/EIR release
Date: 02 December 2020

Building standards technical handbook 2020: non-domestic

The building standards technical handbooks provide guidance on achieving the standards set in the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004. This handbook applies to a building warrant submitted on or after 1 March 2021 and to building work which does not require a warrant commenced from that date.

Type: Advice and guidance
Date: 02 December 2020

Part of:: Building standards

Building standards technical handbook 2020: domestic