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Scottish Type Approval Scheme (STAS)
The Scottish Type Approval Scheme (STAS) is a Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS) product that is managed, operated and administered by the Scottish Building Standards Hub (SBSH).
STAS is a national approval scheme that allows customers to have their building design, or system design pre-approved, which then quickens the building warrant application process as only site-specific elements require to be checked. This also aids verifiers as they spend considerably less time and resource assessing applications accompanied by a STAS certificate. All Scottish local authority verifiers accept STAS approved designs.
Scottish Type Approval Scheme (STAS)
STAS provides assessments and approvals of designs of standard buildings or elements of buildings that are to be constructed in Scotland. A customer focused national approval system for domestic and non-domestic designs. STAS offers real time and financial savings in the Building Warrant approval process for both the applicant and the verifier.
If you wish to seek a national type approval for a building type or an innovative project or building element you should submit an application form together with relevant supporting information. This also includes a statement of structural adequacy to confirm that your building or project has been subjected to a full structural check for stability and design life, and a statement describing the climatic conditions criteria used in the design so that any approval has prescribed limitations of location when seeking to build in any geographic area in Scotland.
If you would like to know more about STAS and the process, please contact Alan McAulay, STAS Administrator, and Scottish Building Standards Hub Technical Director: Alan.Mcaulay@fife.gov.uk
The STAS application, and other associated forms are available by using the following links: