Whilst the timetable for legislative change to make the use of the Compliance Plan Approach (CPA) mandatory for all High Risk Buildings (HRBs) is still to be finalised, Scottish Government Building Standards are keen for the approach to be implemented on a voluntary basis. To facilitate this, guidance was published for Verifiers in January 2026. Guidance is now also available for industry. The national guidance has been developed by the Scottish Government’s Building Standards Division (BSD) in collaboration with

This article was published in a blog by Scottish Government Building Standards at Building Standards Compliance Plan Approach – Guidance for Local Authority Verifiers – Building Standards January 28, 2026 by Simon Moore | Category Building Standards, Compliance, Publications Scottish Government Building Standards Division has published 2 national guidance documents as an amendment to the current verification during construction guidance.  These have been developed by Building Standards Division (BSD) in collaboration with

The Scottish Government is seeking to introduce new building standards enforcement measures and sanctions intended to strengthen existing enforcement powers used by local authorities and to increase existing penalties for non-compliance of building standards. Among some of the measures included are