Building Control (formerly Dean of Guild Court)
Archives and Special Collections hold the surviving plans submitted to the local authorities for building control permission. These date from 1870 until the present day and include:
- Glasgow
- Plans, 1885 - present day
- Building warrants, 1964 - 1981
- Dunbartonshire, 1900-1938
- Lanarkshire, 1930-1975
- Renfrewshsire, 1919-1925
Please note: plans for Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire relate ONLY to those areas which have subsequently become part of Glasgow City.
Glasgow
If you are interested in plans between 1982-1987, plans for properties built after 1995 or Building Warrents dated after 1981, please contact:
Building Control and Public Safety
Land and Environmental Services
231 George Street
Glasgow
G1 1RX
Phone: 0141 287 5703
Fax: 0141 287 5588
E-mail: building.control@drs.glasgow.gov.uk
Other Plans
Wordsall Collection
This collection contains various architectural plans, including a significant number by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Deposited Collections
Plans can also be found in the collections of architectural firms, including:
- Monroe & Partners
- Wylie Shanks Architects
- estate collections
- business collections
Copyright
Architectural plans are subject to copyright law for 70 years and there is more information about this on our Copyright page. For further advice about obtaining copies of plans that are held in the Mitchell, please contact:
Archives and Special Collections
The Mitchell
North Street
Glasgow
G3 7DN
Tel. 0141 287 2910 or 287 2988
Fax: 0141 287 2815
E-mail: archives@csglasgow.org