Building, planning and design

The Building Standards technical handbooks provide guidance on achieving the standards set in the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and are available in two volumes, domestic buildings and non-domestic buildings. This publication is available in html and also in PDF format (in 'supporting documents' ).

Scottish Government advice and guidance on householder permitted development.

The Programme for Government sets out our plans for the next year, including the Bills that will be introduced to the Scottish Parliament.