LABSS Information

Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS) is a not-for-profit membership organisation which represent Scotland's 32 local authority building standards services - the only appointed verifiers for their geographical area. With around 500 professional surveyors, inspectors and support staff local authorities provide a locally delivered, independent, transparent, accountable and impartial service with common aims and procedures. Our local authority members aim to protect the public interest by ensuring that all new buildings and those being altered, extended, or converted comply with the building regulations and technical standards. Our members work in partnership with building owners, homeowners, architects, plan drawers, engineers, developers, building contractors and other professionals to ensure buildings are designed and constructed to be safe, accessible, energy-efficient and sustainable. Our members approve plans for building warrant and agree on a site inspection process before the construction works starts. They inspect work on-site and seek to ensure that buildings meet reasonable standards to enable the acceptance of completion certificates. In addition, our members provide the enforcement role for the industry in cases where construction works fail to meet the building regulations and we ensure dangerous and defective buildings are made safe by working in partnership with the emergency services.