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BUILDING STANDARDS

The Building Standards Service is responsible for administering the legislation which control the erection, demolition, conversion, extension and alteration of buildings in order to safeguard the health and safety of people who use or are around the building as well as having an input into the enforcement of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 and the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.

To deliver the most effective service to its users over the large geographical area, East Ayrshire is split into seven districts as detailed on the Building Standards Contacts link below. The seven districts are managed from two area offices, one based in Kilmarnock and one in Lugar to deliver a customer focused service within central locations. Within each office, the Building Standards Team consists of a Principal Building Standards Surveyor assisted by a Building Standards Surveyor for each district and supported by an Assistant Surveyor. A Disability Awareness Advisor is also based at the Kilmarnock Office and serves the entire geographical area. It is the Surveyors task to examine plans and proposals for compliance with the technical standards as well as assessing and initiating action to deal with emergencies under the Dangerous Buildings Procedure.

The Building Standards Surveyors spend a large part of their time out on site but are generally available between 9.00 a.m. and 10.00 a.m. each day to assist and offer advice to the public on particular enquiries relevant to their specific district. Outwith these hours Surveyors may be available at the office or on site but only by prior appointment. However, to ensure that general enquiries can be answered during the office opening hours of 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. on Friday, each office is staffed by a Building Standards Surveyor to assist with your enquiry.

Building Standards Contacts
See who deals with your area.

Building Warrant Advice
Before You Build - Advice on the Building Regulations which allows for certain works to be exempt from the need for a Building Warrant.

Application Forms
Planning & Building Standards application forms that are currently available on-line.

Building Standards Register
East Ayrshire Council, as verifier in terms of Section 24 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003, is required to maintain a register of Building Warrants, Completion Certificates and Enforcement Notices.  The Building Standards Register is split into two parts. Part I of the Building Standards Register specifically contains property data and is available online via the link below with Part II containing supporting documents, specification and plans which has limited access to interested parties only.

Building Standards Monthly Performance Figures
Links to the monthly performace figures for Building Standards

South West Scotland Building Standards Consortium

Customer Feedback Analysis
The reports below provide a summary of the customer feedback received for the Building Standards Service during the periods specified.

BS Customer Analysis - 01/04/07 to 31/03/08 (pdf)
BS Customer Analysis - 01/04/08 to 31/03/09 (pdf)

Building Standards Charter
Who we are and what we do.

Application Fast Tracking
In certain circumstances Building Warrants and Completion Certificates may require to be processed as a priority application and dealt with more efficiently than applications processed against the Customer Charter Performance Targets.  The prioritization of applications or fast tracking will be considered by the Building Standards Management Team where the applicant/agent  provides a letter requesting application to be fast tracked and suitable justification is given that the application meets the following criteria:-

· The application is for the benefit of a disabled person; or

· The application is for minor works and the works are linked to a house sale etc; or

· The application relates to a project which for social or economic benefit to the Community; or

· The application with other special circumstances where specific mitigating circumstances are identified; or

· Where the application relates to a Scottish Type Approval System (STAS).

Should you wish to discuss the merits of your particular application meeting this criteria please contact David McDowall, Building Standards Manager on 01563 576749 or alternatively Barry Roy on 01563 576786 or Colin Tannock on 01563 555310.

Planning & Building Online
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