Building Standards

The Building Regulations exist to ensure new buildings and alterations are healthy to occupy and safe. This is entirely separate from planning.

Smith & Garratt understand the Regulations on both sides of the Border and apply them in design, so we rarely experience difficulties with building standards in prospective work, especially new build. Let us obtain your building standards approval.

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Difficult Cases

Smith & Garratt deal with difficult cases too – building standards and fire protection in the historic environment and obtaining retrospective building standards approvals. In rare cases it is expedient to appeal a building control decision by taking it to the Reference Panel – the case study below will tell you more.

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Case Studies

Building Standards Appeal

Throughout many years of building standards work, Smith & Garratt never had to dig in heels over a decision by a local authority’s Building Control department.  This changed in 2018 when we proposed a ‘cold’ flat roof to close over a valley between pitches of traditional Scotch slate at a B-listed former manse.  Our scheme … Read more

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