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Building Standards Service

Balanced Scorecard

2012 - 2014

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VERIFIER

Building Standards Service

South Ayrshire Council

Burns House

Burns Statue Square

Ayr KA7 1UT

Main contact

Mervyn Toshner

Building Standards Manager

Tel: 01292 616166

email: [email protected]

Revision History

Author MERVYN TOSHNER

Service BUILDING STANDARDS

Date started 18th February 2013

Date approved

18th February 2013 1-01 First Draft MT

20th February 2013 1-02 Final (agreed with senior staff) MT

31st March 2013 1-03 Update MT

24th May 2013 1-04 Update MT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SOUTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL’S BUILDING STANDARDS VERIFICATION

SERVICE

3. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

4. KEY PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES (KPO’s)

5. ADDITIONAL DATA

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Building Standards in Scotland

The purpose of the building standards system in Scotland is to protect the public interest. The system sets

out the essential standards that are required to be met when building work or conversion of a building takes

place in order to meet building regulations.

The building standards system checks that proposed building work or conversion of a building meets

standards; inspections are limited to the minimal necessary to ensure that legislation is not avoided. The

control of work on site is not dependant on the system but is a matter for contracts and arrangements in

place between a builder and client.

Verifiers, appointed by Scottish Ministers are responsible for the independent checking of applications for

building warrants to construct or demolish buildings, to provide services, fittings or equipment in buildings, or

for conversions. South Ayrshire Council is currently appointed until 2017 as the sole verifier for its own

geographical area.

1.2 South Ayrshire

South Ayrshire is situated in the south west of Scotland, and covers an area of 1,222 square kilometres,

extending from Troon and Symington in the north to Ballantrae and Loch Ryan in the south. Seventy per

cent of the 111,600 inhabitants live in the towns of Troon, Prestwick and Ayr. The rest of the area is

predominantly rural, including the smaller towns of Maybole and Girvan, and many small villages. The

southern third of the area is fairly remote, with average travel time being in excess of 30 minutes.

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The population of South Ayrshire declined by just under 1% in the 10 years between1991 and 2001 and is

projected to decline by a further 2% by 2021. In spite of this, the demand for housing is expected to

increase by more than 5% in the period up to 2021.

Over the last 3 years South Ayrshire has experienced the impact of the economic recession and reduced

Building Warrant fee income. However, recent Building Warrant submissions suggests the level of activity is

levelling off and a slow recovery may now be taking place.

While traditional manufacturing is still important in the area, in particular in connection with Prestwick Airport

and within the Freeport, the retail sector, tourism and public services are now more important employers. In

terms of business output the area still ranked sixth highest in Scotland, after Glasgow, Edinburgh, West

Lothian, Aberdeen and Dundee. Around 40 per cent of this business is estimated to be done with overseas

countries. The total workforce in South Ayrshire is 53,200 and 33% of the working population, the largest

group, are employed in the public sector (administration, education and health) with South Ayrshire Council

being the largest employer (6,021). The following tables illustrate the spread of the work force by industry

and by employer –

Industry Number of employees %

Energy & water

600 1%

Manufacturing

4,500 8%

Construction

2,600 5%

Distribution, hotels & restaurants

14,500 27%

Transport & Communication

4,500 8%

Banking finance & insurance etc.

6,300 12%

Public admin education & health

17,400 33%

Other services

2,800 6%

Total

53,200

100%

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Employer

Total Employees

Sector

SOUTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL

6021

Public

NHS AYRSHIRE & ARRAN

4358

Public, health

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS (EUROPE) LIMITED

847

Manufacturing

G E CALEDONIAN LIMITED

803

Manufacturing

NATS LIMITED

656

Transport

WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS PLC

520

Retail

ASDA STORES LTD

512

Retail

TESCO STORES PLC

418

Retail

GLASGOW PRESTWICK AIRPORT LIMITED

385

Transport

AYR COLLEGE

384

Public, education

SLC TURNBERRY LIMITED

335

Leisure, hotels

BAE SYSTEMS (OPERATIONS) LTD

327

Manufacturing

HAVEN LEISURE LTD

314

Leisure, hotels

DHL SERVICES LTD

288

Transport

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1.3 South Ayrshire Council’s Corporate Structure

The Chief Executive is supported by 3 Executive Directors with 3 Departments and the Building Standards

service is part of the Economy, Neighbourhood and Environment Directorate is shown below -

Chief Executive

Neighbourhood Services

Head of Service - Mike Newall

Waste Management

Roads, Transport and Fleet

Green Space and Streetscene

Buildings Standards

Environmental Health

Trading Standards

Bereavement Services

Property and Facility Services

Enterprise and Development

Resources,

Governance and

Organisation

Care, Learning and

Wellbeing

Economy, Neighbourhood and Environment

Executive Director Lesley Bloomer

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2. SOUTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL’S BUILDING STANDARDS VERIFICATION SERVICE

2.1 General

The building standards service is based in one office located in Burns House, Ayr -

Building standards staff provide key front line services directly to the community. The main functions and

responsibilities of building standards include: Verifying Building Warrants; Dangerous Buildings; Housing

Grants; Licensing (including consultancy work); Street Naming and Numbering; Safety of Sports Grounds;

Engineering Services; Flood Prevention; Safety of Reservoirs; Disability Issues, and Property Enquiries.

2.2 Building Standards Staff Structure

The building standards service employs 18 full time professional and technical staff and 4 clerical support

staff. The responsibility for management of the service rests with the Building Standards Manager

supported by senior staff comprising 3 Team Leaders. The Building Standards Surveyors are organised into

two geographically based teams, North and South of the River Ayr. Within each team the surveyors are

allocated their individual workloads on the basis of current and future workloads. There are teams of

engineering staff and technicians supporting the Building Standards Surveyors.

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The following structure chart shows the job titles of staff and highlights staff over 60 in 2014 for the purpose

of succession planning. In 2014, 6 staff in total over 60.

BS

Surveyor

Assistant

Engineer

(STRUCTURES

AND SYSTEMS)

Building Standards

Manager

Building Standards

Team LeaderBuilding Standards

Team Leader

Civil

Engineer

BS

Technician

BS

Technician

BS

Surveyor

BS

Surveyor

BS

Surveyor

BS

Surveyor

BS

Surveyor

BS

Surveyor

BS

Surveyor

BS

Surveyor

Vacant Post

616112

BS

Surveyor

Administration Officer

Administration

Assistant

Administration

Assistant

Administration

Assistant

ADMINISTRATION

Building Standards

Team Leader

RED LINE/TEXT INDICATES NEW/REDEFINED POSTS

GREEN BOX INDICATES STAFF OVER 60 (6 staff) 2014

Further work on succession planning is on hold until the budget is known for the next 4 years (2013-2017

and a commitment can be given to replace staff offered flexible/early retirement.

In 2009 the Council approved changes to the 3rd

and 4th tiers resulting in the removal of a tier of senior staff

(2 posts) and replacing 2 Group Leaders with 3 Team Leaders, reducing the total staff from 20 to 19. In

2010 - 2011 a Technician post was deleted to meet financial savings. In 2012-2013 two building standards

surveyor vacant posts were deleted, consequently, the current establishment is 16. 3 staff operate a

reduced working week.

2.3 Verifier Function

Following a successful audit, by the Scottish Government, South Ayrshire Council was re-appointed in 2011

as the building standards verifier for the South Ayrshire area for 6 years until 30th April 2017. This re-

appointment requires the building standards service to verify the design and construction of building work for

compliance with Building Regulations and Technical Building Standards and to satisfy the demands of the

Scottish Government’s performance framework for verifiers.

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2.4 Introduction to the performance framework

The Scottish Government was extremely encouraged by the strong commitment that verifiers in local

authorities gave to continue to improve their services. This is being achieved by the introduction of a new

performance framework with a focus on improving performance and predictability, while enhancing the

customer experience. The “balanced scorecard” management tool is the approach to be used to provide a

framework and monitoring. The balanced scorecard is a strategic planning and management tool that is

used in business organisations to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organisation,

improve internal and external communications, and monitor performance against strategic goals.

Building standards verifiers in Scotland are required to utilise the balanced scorecard as a means to

manage, monitor, review and develop strategies for their business with a focus on the three core

perspectives listed below and the public interest and continuous improvement cross-cutting themes:

Professional Expertise & Technical Processes

Quality Customer Experience

Operational & Financial Efficiency

2.5 Non-Verifier Functions

In addition to the verifier function, the building standards service in South Ayrshire is responsible for a range

of other work. A number of these non-verifier functions are -

Building Safety and Regulation (Dangerous Buildings & Enforcement)

Housing Grants

Licensing Consultations

Street Naming and Numbering

Safety of Sports Grounds

Engineering Services (including internal and external structural checking)

Flood Prevention

Safety of Reservoirs

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Disability Issues

Property Enquiries

Consultation responses to other services

2.6 Workloads

The following tables illustrate the relative workloads for verifier and non-verifier functions for the last 3 years

-

Verifier activity

Work Outputs 2010 2011 2012

Number of Building

Warrant applications

received

1310 1096 1030

Building Warrant Fee

Income

£810k £401k £401k

Value of Developments

enabled through the

Building Warrant Process

£167.5m £42.4m £49.9m

Completion Certificates

accepted

1060 1035 964

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Non- verifier activity

Main Activities 2010 2011 2012

Dangerous Buildings reported

and investigated

22 65 46

Licensing consultation provided

with a response

121 114 120

Flooding incidents attended 7 22 25

Planning consultations provided

with a response

49 35 49

Housing Surveys 15 12 15

Street nameplates replaced or

erected

140 165 105

Creation of street layouts & new

street names approved

31 52 45

Postal address enquiries 52 55 60

Property enquiry responses 153 100 97

Housing Grant Applications 252 218 215

Housing Grants – value of works

(grants paid out)

£0.86m £0.48m £0.60m

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3. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

3.1 South Ayrshire Council’s Strategic Goals

The strategic goals are the broad ambitions the Council adopted to secure the future for South Ayrshire and

“to establish South Ayrshire as the most dynamic, inclusive and sustainable community in Scotland.” The

strategic goals for South Ayrshire Council were published in 2008 in the document “South Ayrshire Council’s

Vision for the Future – Securing the Future for South Ayrshire”.

The goals are linked to the developing community plan to ensure that the two work closely together thus

allowing the Council to assess both its own individual role and the contribution it intends to make with its

partners, to address the needs and priorities of the people of South Ayrshire.

The Council has organised its priorities around 4 themes, centred on establishing the area as being:

1. prosperous, learning and achieving

2. healthy, safe and caring

3. clean, attractive and sustainable

4. ambitious, forward-looking and responsive

3.2 The Aim of the Building Standards Service

The principal aim of the building standards service is:-

to ensure building work in South Ayrshire is checked to make sure suitable standards of

construction are followed, and the health and safety of people in and around buildings is

properly considered.

The standards of construction come from the Building (Scotland) Act 2003, the Building Regulations and

supporting technical documents.

This is principally achieved through the application of the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations in

considering applications for building warrant. The speed and efficiency of this service can have significant

impacts on the Council’s corporate objectives. The building standards service contributes to each of the 4

themes, as follows -

in 1.by helping to develop town centres and strengthen links with central Scotland, Ireland and

Europe

in 2. by making South Ayrshire an even safer place to live work and play

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in 3. by supporting the conservation and enhancement of the natural and built heritage and by

ensuring that design and construction adapts to the impacts of climate change and become more

sustainable, and,

in 4. by improving efficiency and effectiveness of the service and customer focus.

There are clear service links to the Directorate’s Objectives, the Council’s Aims and the Council Themes

and several examples are shown in the following table –

Actions Outcomes Strategic Objectives

from the Single

Outcome Agreement

Council Aims Council

Themes

1.Customer surveys

2.Responsiveness of the

service

3.Interact with

customers

4.Guidance

Provide support

and advice to

businesses within

South Ayrshire

including helping

them to meet their

statutory and legal

requirements and

raise standards

1a. Put in place accessible, quality advice and support for business creation and development

1. Businesses

in South

Ayrshire are

enterprising,

innovative and

equipped to

succeed in a

changing

world

Prosperous,

Learning and

Achieving

(Dynamic)

6.Staff training

7.Review and monitor

policies and procedures

8.Quality control for

assessment of plans

and site inspections

Create a safer built

environment

through application

of legislation,

effective

enforcement and by

introducing pro-

active measures to

minimise risks to

public safety

15a. Improve the local

environment of urban

and rural areas

9. South

Ayrshire is a

safe place in

which to live,

work and visit

Healthy, Safe

and Caring

(Inclusive)

6.Staff training

7.Review and monitor

policies and procedures

8.Quality control for

assessment of plans

and site inspections

Create a safer built

environment

through application

of legislation,

effective

enforcement and by

introducing pro-

active measures to

minimise risks to

public safety

15a. Improve the local

environment of urban

and rural areas

9. South

Ayrshire is a

safe place in

which to live,

work and visit

Healthy, Safe

and Caring

(Inclusive)

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Actions Outcomes Strategic Objectives

from the Single

Outcome Agreement

Council Aims Council

Themes

9.Review and monitor

policies and procedures

10.Develop staff

11.Develop Mindjet to

provide a robust system

of document access

To apply building

regulations to

ensure buildings

are designed and

constructed to meet

minimum energy

efficiency standards

16a. Encourage

households, public

sector agencies and

businesses to reduce

their energy

consumption and

improve energy

efficiency

13. South

Ayrshire is

addressing the

challenges of

climate

change and

the need to

adopt more

sustainable

practices

Clean,

Attractive

and

Sustainable

(Sustainable)

12.Time record verifier

activity and record

income/costs

13.Financial monitoring

14.Comply with

Financial Regulations

15.Review the budget

process

16.Update BCIS Guide

Ensure effective

financial

management

across all services

Put in place a financial

recovery strategy to

guide the Council to a

more stable financial

position and support this

with more effective

long term financial

management

Improvement

Strand 1.

Sustained

Financial

Health

Time record

verifier

activity and

record

income/costs

Financial

monitoring

Comply with

Financial

Regulations

Review the

budget

process

Update BCIS

Guide

The Council’s Business Plan is being reviewed in 2013 and the service links will be updated to support the

Plan.

3.3 Departmental Issues

The following actions are being undertaken to address Departmental and service issues-

1. Review the staff structure to address:

Succession planning – ongoing, awaiting a commitment can be given to replace staff

offered flexible/early retirement

Scottish Government verifier role requirements – performance being monitored

Enforcement of section 63 Climate Change (Scotland) 2009 – awaiting legislative

changes and Scottish Government guidance

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Reduced Building warrant activity – staff structural changes being implementated

Financial pressures in 2012-2013 as a result of shortfalls including:

Short description Estimate Source/Action

Building Warrant fees £140,000 Staff costs reduced and income to be monitored

Dangerous buildings irrecoverable £50,000 Debts written off

Dangerous building Whitehall, Maybole

£150,000 Approved funding from the contingency fund

UNIform upgrades £25,000 Not yet known

Total estimate £365,000

2. Review the out of hours response to dangerous building incidents - complete

3. Respond to the 2012-2013 Building Warrant Customer Survey - ongoing

4. Respond to the 2012 Employee Opinion Survey - ongoing

5. Consider areas for merger with other teams:

Management of the Building Standards administration staff

Development Control in relation to major projects and stakeholder contact

Roads in connection with flooding and reservoirs

4. KEY PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES (KPO’s)

4.1 Continuous Improvement Plan

National KPO’s form part of the new performance framework and focus on the three core perspectives –

Professional Expertise & Technical Processes

Quality Customer Experience

Operational & Financial Efficiency

Public interest and continuous improvement are cross-cutting themes and the work to achieve the KPO’s is

monitored using a Continuous Improvement Plan.

The introduction of the Performance Framework and the KPO’s has changed the way Building Warrants and

Completion Certificates are processed, consequently, work is ongoing to develop a process map from the

receipt of a BW application to acceptance of a Completion Certificate. The process map will incorporate

documentation and UNI-form screens etc.

The map will provide the basis for a process review and this work will be done with assistance from the

Departmental Directorate Support.

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4.2 KPO’s - Professional Expertise & Technical Processes, Quality Customer Experience, Operational

& Financial Efficiency

4.2.1 Professional Expertise & Technical Processes

Protocols for dealing with work: Protocols are in operation for the allocation of Building

Warrant applications, reasonable inquiry and Completion Certificate Acceptance have been

developed, risk assessed and embedded into procedures. Procedural guidance documents

detail all processes and responsibilities of the staff involved.

Performance management systems: Regular reports to monitor workload distribution and

performance are circulated to manage the workflow and discussed at senior staff meetings. A

quarterly management report is prepared and discussed with the Director and Head of Service

and performance indicators are input into the Council’s monitoring system (Covalent) and

reported to Elected Members.

Training and development/CPD: All staff have annual Performance Development Reviews

leading to individual training plans. All staff can access on line internal training courses and

have recently completed the Council’s COAST employee essential training. Senior staff

completed the Management Essentials course on COAST and this included workshop training.

Training in-house, external and joint seminars with Consortium partners are arranged as

required. Over the last year staff attended training in the following areas –

LABSS/BSD Performance framework

Eurocodes

Flood management

Timber design

CDM regulations

Project management

Green Deal

Rosepark FAI Report

Benchmarking/shared services/partnership work: South Ayrshire Council is a founder

member of the South West Scotland Building Standards Consortium (SWSBSC). The

Consortium’s Annual Report documents the benchmarking work that takes place and the

many initiatives undertaken to develop the service provided to the public and in particular,

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improve consistency across boundaries. Senior staff are fully involved in LABSS and the

Manager has been a longstanding member of the Management Team and past President.

Commitment to work together on technical issues: Staff share technical work with other

SWSBSC members and LABSS members to improve interpretation and procedures and

contribute to national policy.

Succession planning: The need for succession planning has been known for some time and

as the majority of staff, with substantial experience, approach retirement age the Council has

several proposals for succession planning under consideration. However, due to financial

constraints there has been no decision to implement the changes that are necessary to

replace the staff who will leave the service over the next 6 years

4.2.2 Quality Customer Experience

Customer communication strategies: There are a number of ways the Council and the

service communicate with customers Primarily by staff being available at all times to meet

customers in the office or discuss matters by phone. Leaflets are available and the Council’s

website contains service specific and corporate information. Meetings are held with

professional customers when service updates are given and feedback is received on the level

of service received.

Charter (local/national): The Customer Charter for building standards was developed some

years ago and is consistent across the SWSBSC to give customers useful service delivery

targets. Revisions are to be made to include the changes introduced by the performance

framework.

Engagement (national and local forums): All Building Warrant applicants/agents receive a

request to participate in a customer survey and meetings are held jointly with planning take

place with an Architects Liaison Group. Staff participate in national forums organised by

LABSS and the BSD.

Customer feedback (local and national)/analyzing and changes systems: The customer

survey provides feedback and along with any other comments (Council’s complaints

procedure) this information is used to develop and improve the service. All feedback is given

careful consideration and individual replies explaining the response of the service.

Accessibility of service: The building standards service is located in Ayr town centre which is

accessible by all methods of public transport and fully accessible for disabled use. There are

proposals to introduce service contacts at all 5 towns in South Ayrshire by the development of

customer contact centres. A staff rota is used to have staff available at all times during office

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opening hours. The Council’s website contains various forms and guidance notes for

download.

Escape route: First response times for Building Warrant applications are closely monitored

and should there be a delay beyond the limits set by the performance framework then

alternative routes are offered to customers.

Recognised external accreditations: The Council is currently in the process of assessing

the value of introducing the “How Good is Our Council” quality assessment programme and

the building standards service has been put forward as one of the Council’s lead services.

4.2.3 Operational & Financial Efficiency

Team structures e.g. area splits/specialist teams: Staff carrying out verifier work are split

into 2 geographical teams (North and South) with support from a third team comprising

structural engineers when required.

Time recording system: An electronic time recording system has been in use for some time.

All staff record the time spent on each function and this has been recently updated to include

the following areas of work –

Verifier work

Verifier work - Domestic pre-warrant discussions

Verifier work - Non-Domestic pre-warrant discussions

Non - Verifier work

Private Sector Housing Grants

General Office Duties

Other e.g.Leave, Illness etc.

Financial monitoring/governance: Budgets are developed by senior building standards staff

and are finalised with the Council’s finance team, Head of Service and Building Standards

Manager. Monthly financial reports are generated and monitored relative to the budget and

forecasts made.

IT systems: South Ayrshire Council utilise the IDOX Building Warrant application processing

system. The system fully records all building warrant applications, provides data for the

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Building Standards Register and provides performance reporting for management purposes.

There are also numerous other IT systems available to staff including IHS Technical Index

Library, ORACLE financial systems, Covalents performance monitoring, SCALE structural

calculation, IDOX EDRMS for scanned documents and GIS mapping.

Finance systems: As above, financial reports are generated to monitor income and

expenditure and forecasts budget variations.

Internal communication strategies: Regular team meetings take place with all staff and

senior staff attend extended managers meetings with Heads of Service and Director. Team

Leaders and the Manager meet on a regular basis as does the Manger with the head of

Service for monthly updates and Service Manager meetings. Corporate communications take

place with all staff via email. Consequently, many opportunities exist to update staff on

Council developments, budget, staffing, health & safety as well as developments within

Building Standards. In addition, the Council’s website provides Council wide information and

the service uses a software program called “Mindjet” to give access to relevant documentation

and external websites.

5. ADDITIONAL DATA – SOUTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL’s ANNUAL RETURN 2012-2013

1 Building Warrant (BW) Number

1.1 No. of BW Applications (including “late” applications) 928

1.2 No. of “late” BW applications (as included above) 46

1.3 No. of BW approved 955

1.4 No. of BW refused 1

1.5 No. of amendment to BW applications 196

1.6 No. of amendment to BW applications approved 184

1.7 No. of amendment to BW applications refused 0

Comments:

2 Completion Certificates (CC) Number

2.1 No. of CC submissions (including those where no warrant was obtained) 734

2.2 No. of CC submissions where no warrant was obtained (“late” CCs as included above) 21

2.3 No. of CC submissions accepted 676

2.4 No. of CC submissions rejected 0

3 Fees Number

3.1 Total value of works for BW applications (including “late” applications) 52075895.16

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3.2 Total value of works for amendment to warrant applications 307945

3.3 Total value of works for CC submissions where no warrant was obtained 10000

3.4 Total Value of Work 52393840.16

3.5 Total building warrant fee income (including 'late' BW) 406414.55

3.6 Total amendment to warrant fee income 12090

3.7 Total CC fee income where no warrant was obtained 625

3.8 Total Fee Income 419129.55

Comments:

4 Costs Number

4.1 Total expenditure on verification Period 12 awaited

Comments:

5 Certification Number

5.1 No of certificates of design (building structures) provided 298

5.2 No of certificates of design (energy) domestic provided 3

5.3 No of certificates of design (energy) non-domestic provided 0

5.4 No of certificates of construction (electrical) provided 0

5.5 No of certificates of construction (drainage, heating and plumbing) provided 0

Comments:

6 EPCs Number

6.1 No of copy EPCs received for domestic buildings under Standard 6.9 17

6.2 No of copy EPCs received for non-domestic buildings under Standard 6.9 3

Comments:

7 Statements of Sustainability Number

7.1 No of copy Statements of Sustainability for domestic buildings under Standard 7.1 "Bronze" 1

7.2 No of copy Statements of Sustainability for domestic buildings under Standard 7.1 "Bronze +" 0

7.3 No of copy Statements of Sustainability for domestic buildings under Standard 7.1 "Silver" 0

7.4 No of copy Statements of Sustainability for domestic buildings under Standard 7.1 "Gold" 0

7.5 No of copy Statements of Sustainability for domestic buildings under Standard 7.1 "Platinum" 0

7.6 No of copy Statements of Sustainability for non-domestic buildings under Standard 7.1 "Bronze" 1

7.7 No of copy Statements of Sustainability for non-domestic buildings under Standard 7.1 "Bronze +" 0

7.8 * No of copy Statements of Sustainability for non-domestic buildings under Standard 7.1 "Silver"* N/A

7.9* No of copy Statements of Sustainability for non-domestic buildings under Standard 7.1 "Gold"* N/A

710* No of copy Statements of Sustainability for non-domestic buildings under Standard 7.1 "Platinum"* N/A

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*7.8 to 7.10: Higher levels for Silver, Gold and Platinum are not currently possible for non-domestic.

Comments:

8 Enforcement Number

8.1 No of section 25 notices issued 0

8.2 No of section 26 notices issued 0

8.3 No of section 27 notices issued 3

8.4 No of section 28 notices issued 0

8.5 No of instances where the local authority has taken action under Section 29 7

8.6 No of section 30 notices issued 1

8.7 No of enforcement cases reported to the Procurator Fiscal 0

8.8 No of cases from above where the local authority carried out work 0

Comments:

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