Highlands and Islands The Highland Council

Building Standards Headquarters

Consortium Glenurquhart Road

Inverness The Highlands and Islands Building Standards Consortium comprises of the IV3 5NX building standards teams of the High- 01349 886606 land Council, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,

Orkney Islands Council and Shetland Islands Council. Shetland Islands Council

As a consortium we work towards im- Grantfield proving consistency of process and in- Lerwick terpretation, and engage nationally with CONSTRUCTION Local Authority Building Standards Scot- ZE1 0NT land and the Scottish Government. 01595 744800 COMPLIANCE A Consortium Lead and Technical Repre- AND sentative are appointed each year. Orkney Islands Council NOTIFICATION Please contact your particular Council School Place for further information. Kirkwall PLANS

Orkney (CCNP’S)

KW15 1NY

01856 873535

Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar

Sandwick Road

Stornoway

Isle of Lewis Highlands and Islands Build- HS1 2BW ing Standards Consortium 01851 822692 September 2013 Construction Compliance and Notification Plans (CCNP’s)

A Construction Compliance What is the Plan for? What do I need to do? & Notification Plan (CCNP) This plan sets out the construc- It is important that the re- is required for all approved tion stages that we have identi- quired inspection stages out- building warrants for domes- fied for site visits or other al- lined in the CCNP are incorpo- tic buildings applied for on or ternative methods to check rated in your builder’s schedule compliance. of work. after 1st October 2012. From

st They are categorised as Man- 1 October 2013 non- You are required to notify datory (M) or as Notification domestic buildings will also Building Standards of com- (N). be included in this require- mencement of works 7 days ment. The CCNP clarifies the Key Con- prior to works starting and 7 struction Stages when you days prior to any other stages The Highlands and Islands should notify your Council and prescribed within the CCNP. Building Standards Consorti- the purpose of those notifica- um members, as appointed tions. It is important to make sure the CCNP notifications are Verifiers of building standards made to your Council so the by the Scottish Government potential for disruptive inspec- will produce this plan and in- tions is minimised. clude it in the documents sent out with the building The CCNP will also detail any warrant approval. alternative to site visits deemed appropriate by your During the building warrant Council depending on the size approval process our survey- and complexity of the project. ors will carry out a risk as- sessment of the proposed works taking into account the size and complexity which al- lows a CCNP to be created and issued.