 Do
You Need a Building Warrant
The following single storey detached and attached buildings ancillary
to a house (NOT a flat or maisonette) can be built without a Building
Warrant subject to CONDITIONS.
Detached
(a) Garage
(b) Garden Hut or Store
(c) Buildings for keeping animals, birds or other livestock
for domestic purposes.
(d) Carport
(e) Covered Area
(f) Greenhouse
(g) Summer House
(h) Swimming Pool Cover
Subject to the relevant CONDITIONS
and not containing sanitary accommodation.
Attached
(i) Conservatory located at least one metre from any boundary.
(j) Porch located at least one metre from any boundary.
(k) Greenhouse
(l) Carport
(m) Covered Area
Subject to the relevant CONDITIONS.
Walls and Fences
A Building Warrant is not necessary for a wall up to 1.2 metres
high or a fence up to 2 metres high.
Underground Shelter
An underground or substantially under ground air raid shelter
does not require a Building Warrant subject to CONDITION
1 and the shelter’s excavation being no nearer to another
building than a distance equal to the depth of the excavation
plus one metre.
CONDITIONS
In every case the building:
- Requires to have an area not greater than 30m2 except for
a porch or conservatory which requires to be not more
than 8m2.
- Cannot contain any heating appliance designed to burn solid
fuel (including coal, wood and peat) gas or liquid fuels (including
oil and paraffin); and
- In the case of DETACHED buildings (a), (b) and (c) it requires
to be located within one metre of the house and a minimum of
500 millimetres from the boundary or alternatively more
than one metre from the house, with no restriction on the distance
to the boundary.
- Is situated on land within the boundaries of which there are
no harmful or dangerous substances
Notes
The information given in this leaflet is in respect of the Building
Regulations only and it may be necessary to obtain other permissions
before starting work, e.g. Planning Permission, Feu Superior Consent,
Neighbour’s Agreement, and approval from other bodies such
as British Telecom, Scottish Gas, Electric, Sewerage and Water
Services.
If it is necessary to alter the existing house when constructing
a building which is exempt it may be necessary to apply for a
Building Warrant for the alteration, e.g. when building a conservatory
a Building Warrant may be needed to form the door opening from
the house into the conservatory although the conservatory itself
is exempt.
The erection of an exempt class of building should not result
in the existing house failing, or failing to a greater degree,
to meet the Technical Standards, relative to the Building Regulations,
e.g. ventilation and daylighting to rooms, sub-floor ventilation,
proximity to flues, access and protection of drains, bridging
of damp proof courses.
Definitions
- Boundary
Means a boundary between land on which the house is situated
and land in different occupation.
- Carport
Means a roofed building for vehicle storage which is open
on at least two sides except for roof supports.
- Conservatory
Means a building attached to and having a door seperating
it from the house and having not less than three quarters
of the roof area and not less than one half of its external
walls made of translucent material.
- Covered Area
Means a roofed building which is open on at least two sides
except for roof supports.
- Greenhouse
Means a building used mainly for growing plants which is
not entered from a house.
- Porch
Means a building attached to and providing a covered entrance
to a house.
Further Information
Although this web site is a useful guide for the general public
it is not a complete list of all works that may not require a
Building Warrant. For example, window replacement
may be exempt if the requirements of the Building Regulations
are met. Where full details of exempt works are required it is
necessary to refer to Schedule
1 and 2 of the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations 1990,
as amended.
For further information about the contents of these web pages
please contact the Building Standards
Office.
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