Building Warrant Fees Guidance

The Building (Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 set the fees that are charged by verifiers for building warrant submissions, including those for ‘late’ completion certificates and building warrant submissions.

Work started or completed without a building warrant

Where a late application for building warrant is made, or a completion certificate is submitted and there was no warrant obtained when there should have been, the fee is increased to cover the increased difficulty the verifier will have in establishing whether work that is already underway or completed complies with the plans, specifications and other information provided. 

The resulting fees are:

Work started or completed without a building warrant fees
Application Type Fee (from April 2024) Fee (from April 2025)
Application for late building warrant, i.e. where work is already started:    
  1. application for a building warrant for the construction of a building or the provision of services, fittings and equipment in connection with a building (whether or not combined with an application for demolition)
Fee is 200% of the fee in Amendment to Warrant table. Fee is 200% of the fee in Amendment to Warrant table.
  1. application for warrant for demolitions only
£150 £300
Submission of a completion certificate where no warrant was obtained for:    
  1. the construction of a building or the provision of services, fittings or equipment (whether or not combined with an application for conversion or for demolition)
Fee is 300% of the fee in Amendment to Warrant table. Fee is 300% of the fee in Amendment to Warrant table.
  1. application for warrant for demolitions only or for conversion only
£400 £500