Scottish Government documents within the Construction Information Service

• Contribution of housing, planning and regeneration policies to mixed communities in Scotland
• Control and management of fly-posting
• Control of development in airport public safety zones
• Control of unconventional oil and gas developments
• Controlling the environmental effects of surface mineral workings
• Controlling the environmental effects of surface mineral workings. Annex A: the control of noise at surface mineral workings
• Controlling the environmental effects of surface mineral workings. Annex B: the control of dust at surface mineral workings
• Controlling the environmental effects of surface mineral workings. Annex C: the control of traffic at surface mineral workings
• Controlling the environmental effects of surface mineral workings. Annex D: the control of blasting at surface mineral workings
• Core facts. Overview. Building better schools: investing in Scotland's future
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) - impact on construction contracts
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) - managing disputes and cashflow
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) - preparations for contracting authorities to restart the procurement and management of construction contracts
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) - project bank accounts signing requirements during COVID-19
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer public spaces for Scotland - urban centres and green spaces
• Cost benefit analysis to inform decision making process for limitations to Standard 2.15 Automatic fire suppression systems - alterations, extensions and conversions
• Cost impact analysis for low carbon and EcoHomes standard housing using lifecycle costing methodology
• Cost impact analysis for low carbon and EcoHomes standard housing using lifecycle costing methodology
• Cost-benefit analysis for additional residential heat and smoke alarms in Scotland
• COVID-19 and development planning. Consultation and engagement advice - May 2020
• Creating places - a policy statement on architecture and place for Scotland
• Danger from accidents (issued 11.06.2014)
• Danger from accidents (issued 24.01.2014)
• Dealing with defective buildings
• Deliverability of site allocations in local development plans
• Delivering better places in Scotland - a guide to learning from broader experience
• Delivering planning reform
• Delivering planning reform for aquaculture
• Delivering Scotland's river basin management plans: The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011. Proposed amendments. Analysis of consultation responses and next steps
• Design at the heart of house-building
• Design statements
• Designing safer places
• Designing streets: a policy statement for Scotland
• Determining the fire risk posed by external wall systems in existing multi-storey residential buildings. Version 2.0
• Determining the need for environmental impact assessment (EIA) and the making of screening directions in planning cases
• Developing an energy efficiency standard for social housing: analysis of consultation responses
• Developing an energy efficiency standard for social housing: analysis of consultation responses
• Development delivery and viability
• Development management procedures
• Development of a site clearance capability in Scotland
• Development of contaminated land
• Development plan examinations
• Development plan examinations
• Development plan examinations - guidance note for people who submitted representations
• Development plan gateway (DPGW) - service standard
• Development planning - action and delivery programmes: letter to planning authorities - June 2024
• Development proposal cannot be varied on appeal (section 32A of Act)
• Digital competency assessment system
• Disposal of Land by Local Authorities (Scotland) Regulations - general guidance
• Disposal of surplus government land - the Crichel Down rules
• Does closed circuit television prevent crime?
• Domestic (Applicable to works from 1 January 2025)
• Domestic building services compliance guide for Scotland. 2015 edition (Superseded)
• Domestic building services compliance guide for Scotland. 2022 edition. V1.1 - February 2023
• Domestic ventilation. 2nd edition. Version 2.1
• DPEA Coronavirus (Covid-19) guidance. 2 February 2022
• Draft advice on net economic benefit and planning
• Duty of care - a code of practice
• Eighth annual report on the operation of section 72 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009
• Electricity generating stations and overhead lines: permitted development for electricity undertakings
• Electronic planning service delivery (updated 2008)
• Eleventh annual report on the operation of section 72 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009
• Empowering planning to deliver great places - an independent review of the Scottish planning system
• Energy conservation and planning
• Energy efficiency and condition standards in private rented housing: analysis of responses to the public consultation exercise
• Energy performance certificates (EPC): frequently asked questions
• Energy performance certificates for holiday let accommodation
• Energy performance certificates for new construction - dwellings and non-domestic buildings
• Energy standards of replacement window installation - final report
• Energy targets and Scottish planning policy
• Engaging and empowering communities and stakeholders in rural land use and land management in Scotland
• Environment Act 1995: section 96. Guidance on the statutory provisions and procedures
• Environment Act 1995: section 96. Guidance on the statutory provisions and procedures: suggested forms of notices and certificates, and an illustrative guide to conditions
• Environment and heritage in rural development
• Environment statistics from the Scottish Household Survey 2023
• Environment strategy for Scotland: progress report on environment strategy
• Environment strategy for Scotland: progress report to the Parliament
• Environment strategy for Scotland: second progress report to the Parliament
• Environment strategy for Scotland: vision and outcomes
• Environmental assessment of development plans
• Environmental impact assessment (revised May 2017)
• Environmental Impact Assessment Directive: questions and answers
• Environmental Protection - the Cross-Border River Basin Districts (Scotland) Directions 2015
• Environmental Protection Act 1990: Part IIA Contaminated Land: the Radioactive Contaminated Land (Scotland) Regulations 2007 - statutory guidance
• Environmentally sensitive areas
• Equality impact assessment - results. Proposed Amendment to the Building (Scotland) regulations 2004 - A review of standards and guidance in the Technical Handbooks on Section 6: Energy
• Escape
• Escape
• Escape (issued 06.2019)
• Escape (issued 09.2019)
• Escape to a place of safety (issued 13.08.2008)
• EU exit: guidance for Scotland's national marine plan
• European single procurement document (Scotland)
• Evaluation of adapting for change
• Evaluation of community-led design initiatives: impacts and outcomes of the Charrettes and Making Places funds
• Evaluation of homelessness prevention activities in Scotland
• Evaluation of renewable and zero emissions heating systems in affordable housing projects. Final report
• Evaluation of revised planning controls over telecommunications development
• Evaluation of sustainability features in new build social housing in Scotland
• Evaluation of sustainability features in new build social housing in Scotland