Private Sector Housing, Planning, Environmental Health, and Building Control functions are generally spread across a number of service departments which vary from one council to another.
Please note:
- the Private Sector Housing link is the best general page we can find
- if searching the local authority’s website doesn’t help, try calling the general switchboard number which is given
- a link is given for councils which operate a Trusted Trader scheme
- please let us know if any of the links don’t work – councils make more changes to their websites than we can keep up with
Councils A-D
Aberdeen City Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 03000 200 292
- Aberdeen Care and Repair Trusted Trader List
Aberdeenshire Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- Aberdeenshire Care and Repair Scheme
- General phone number: 03456 08 12 08
- Housing phone number: 03456 08 12 03
- Aberdeen Care and Repair Trusted Trader List
Angus Council
- Home page
- Private housing
- Housing repairs and maintenance
- Online enquiry form
- ACCESSLine 03452 777 778 (only for emergencies, on behalf of a vulnerable person, or unable to submit enquiry online)
- Trusted Trader Scheme
Argyll and Bute Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 01546 605522
- Trusted Trader Scheme: Buy With Confidence
Clackmannanshire Council
- Home page
- Housing
- General phone number: 01259 450000
- Trusted Trader Scheme: Buy With Confidence
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar
- Home page
- Housing
- Scheme of Assistance for Private sector housing
- General phone number: 01851 600501
Dumfries & Galloway Council
- Home page
- Housing
- Advice and grant support for private homeowners
- General phone number: 030 3333 3000
- Trusted Trader Scheme: Reference Line
Dundee City Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 01382 434000
- Trusted Trader Scheme: Trusted Trader
Councils E-G
East Dunbartonshire Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 0300 123 4510
- Trusted Trader Scheme: Trusted Trader
East Ayrshire Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 01563 554400
East Lothian Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 01620 827827
- Trusted Trader Scheme: Trusted Trader
East Renfrewshire Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 0141 577 3001
- Trusted Trader Scheme: Trusted Trader
Edinburgh
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 0131 200 2000
- Trusted Trader Scheme: Trusted Trader
Falkirk Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 01324 506070
- Trusted Trader Scheme: Buy With Confidence
Fife Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 03451 551155
- Trusted Trader Scheme Reference Line
Glasgow City Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing – advice for homeowners
- Private sector housing – Private landlords and HMO
- Care and Repair
- General phone number: 0141 287 2000
Highland Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 01349 886602
Councils I-P
Inverclyde Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 01475 717171
Midlothian Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 0131 270 7500
Moray
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 03457 565656
North Ayrshire Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 01294 310000
North Lanarkshire Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 01698 403200
- Private sector housing phone number: 01698 274179
Orkney Islands Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 01856 87335
Perth & Kinross Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 01738 475000
- Trusted Trader Scheme Better Business Partnership
Councils R-W
Renfrewshire Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 0300 300 0300
- Trusted Trader Scheme Trusted Trader
Scottish Borders Council
Shetland
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 01595 693535
South Ayrshire Council
- Home page
- General phone number: 0300 123 0900
- Trusted Trader Scheme: Trusted Trader
South Lanarkshire Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 0303 123 1015
- Trusted Trader Scheme: Buy With Confidence
Stirling
- Home page
- General phone number: 01786 404040
- Trusted Trader Scheme:Buy With Confidence
West Dunbartonshire Council
- Home page
- Private sector housing
- General phone number: 01389 737000
- Trusted Trader Scheme Trusted Trader
West Lothian Council
- Home page
- General phone number: 01506 280000
- Trusted Trader Scheme Trusted Trader