BCIS build cost per sqm
- Adopted range: 1,295 to 1,421 £/sqm
Valuation Office Agency for the Cairngorms National Park Authority, Market Value Report, affordable housing viability (2 October 2024): Average build costs adopted between the BCIS lower quartile and mean for the local authorities containing each site. We found no public document reprinting BCIS quartiles for Scotland; this range covers rural national park sites and publishes no median.
GDV working band
Resale GDV 250 to 470 £/sqft (low to high). Mid 320 £/sqft. Sense-check against current Land Registry Price Paid postcode-area aggregates before committing a bid.
LBTT and ADS apply; NPF4 viability tests differ from NPPF.
LBTT and ADS
- LBTT (Revenue Scotland) replaces SDLT. ADS adds 8 percent on residential buys above £40,000 for companies and second-property buyers.
- Edinburgh anchors the upper band; Glasgow and Aberdeen sit lower.
NPF4
- National Planning Framework 4 (Scottish Government) sets the viability test.
- Differs from NPPF in emphasis on infrastructure-first delivery and 20-minute neighbourhoods.
Open the workbench with these rates
Cells show profit-on-cost percentage at each GDV stress / build-cost shock pair. Cells below your target PoC turn amber-warm; cells below 10 percent abort.