Introduction
DigitalTownPlanning.net is a website documenting my personal interest in selected aspects of urban planning with a general focus on examples of good urban design, legislation, spatial planning and planning applied…
Scottish Govt – Development Types .. Planning Performance Data
The Scottish Government requests that all planning authorities within their jurisdiction classify applications according to a particular development type which they defined in correspondence to Local authorities. Planning Performance Statistics…
OpenStreetMap : Participation is easy
I have been a contributor to the Open Street Map dataset on a very minor level for about 8 years now and I would recomend it to anyone doing research…
Overpass Turbo : Churches and Cathedrals
If you haven't used it before Overpass Turbo is a website that allows the user to interrogate the global OpenStreetMap database. This is excellent for identifying at scale building types…
Overpass Turbo : Schools
Following on the theme of using Openstreet map to identify spatial context of building here's the syntax to identify schools within a bounding box defined as your selected field of…
Town Planning and Refuse Disposal
In our development and with regard to planning I know that City of Edinburgh carefully consider refuse disposal in housing site design. Waste disposal areas are easily accessible to residents…
Town Planning and Pedestrian Access
Internationally recognized examples of good practice in urban design and pedestrian access. Here are some notable examples : (Researched using ChatGPT) 1. Copenhagen, Denmark Focus on Active Transportation: Copenhagen is…
Legislation – Planning App Fees Updated for 12 Dec 2024
NEW Charge Rates ALL Scottish Planning Authorities from 12 December 2024 Please be aware that from 12 December 2024 new rates came into force - Category and Methodology did NOT…
Legislation – Notes on Caravans and definition of Caravans
Legislation in Scotland is The Caravan Sites Act 1968 [1968 c. 52] The Caravan Sites Act 1968 (Amendment of Definition of Caravan) (Scotland) Order 2019 [2019 No. 295] Mobile Homes…
Planning Circular 3/2012 : Planning obligations and good neighbour agreements (revised 2020)
Planning Circular 3/2012 - Planning obligations and good neighbour agreements Planning obligations made under section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended) should only be…
Legislation – Permitted Development OVERVIEW
NOTE – Here we see for a single storey development the limiting factor for how far a semidetached or detached extension can extend relates to the floor area and NOT…
MapLibre / Leaflet / OpenLayers – a quick overview
So I've been investigating Javascript mapping libraries and I've had a chance to investigate three. I've been working with them and chatGPT to build basic applications using data from the…
Legislation – SEARCH – Unique Index Identifier
Just to be aware going forward I am trying to reference legislation with their Year and Number - as shorter and more distinctive than their often long and repetitive textual…
Tunnelling a quick investigation of Practicality.
Advantages are very significant. And given limited land it would appear that cost aside nearly every new project would be a tunnel. These include but are not limited to; Environmentally…
Appeal Process : Local Review Body and Procedure
Relevant to some householders applications & some full planning applications Only applies when a planning application has been decided through delegated powers (householder / planning application ) and the applicant is unhappy with the decision they…
Permitted Development and Electric Car Charging Points
Here I have collected some of the legislative guidance on what is permitted in terms of Electric Car Charging points for domestic properties / I also include a link to…
Notes on BRE Guidelines on Daylight and Sunlight 2022
BRE – Building Research Establishment The new BRE guidelines for Daylight & Sunlight 2022 have been amended to incorporate updates from the British Standard for Daylighting in Buildings (BS EN17037) issued in June…
Selected Local Development Plan – Links
Links to Scottish Planning Authority Local Plan information City of Edinburgh Local Development Plan 2030 (Adopted November 2024) (Direct Link to ARCGIS online map) City of Glasgow Development Plan (adopted…
Methodology Compound Interest Calculation (Updated October 2023)
Most legal agreements relating to land deals and developer contributions contain a paragraph that allows for the return of moneys if money collected by an authority has not been spent…
Legislation and National Planning Frameworks (NPFs) (Scotland Overview)
Scotland Overview - April 19 2023 there was a talk titled Delivering NPF4 & achieving net-zero through behavioural change The UK collaborative centre for housing evidence and the housing and…
Planning Scotland (Table of Selected main Legislation)
Here is a table listing the specified pieces of legislation, some linked to the legislative source, along with their approximate lengths: Legislation / Selected Frameworks and CircularsApproximate LengthThe Town and…
Legislative Basis – Consultations – on applications in Scotland
The following legislation sets out who should be consulted by Scottish Planning Authorities (external to the authority in question) for what applications. It goes through all the major consultees including…
IDOX – Using Public Access to Find Planning Applications
A significant number of authorities in the UK have the same software that allows members of the public viewing access to most of their recent planning application data. The last…
IDOX – Public Access – Online Comments
Procedure for making online comments Register online at the public planning portal sign in and then navigate to the application you are interested in e.g. 0816/FUL/24 Using your online account…
AI Experimentation Example
I thought it would be fun to show you the kind of things that I am using AI for. Here I take a visual basic script that created a set…
Postgres 4 Planners : Automating Site Constraint Checks
Introduction In terms of the Housing Land Audit , Employment land and Vacant and Derelict land it is important to quickly identify what constraints/policies and education catchment areas a site…
Geoserver Installation (Configuration for SQL Server on Windows)
Once you have your data in an Enterprise Grade database sharing that information becomes important. Some vendors, in particular Digital mapping SAAS vendors want you to transfer your data into…
Legislation – Advertising Charges for Planning Applications
Firstly the below legislation requires authorities to advertise planning applications in specific circumstances. The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)(Scotland) Regulations 2013 Part 4 Regulation 20 Publication of application by…
Add POSTGIS extension to Azure Postgres Database – Worked Example
Firstly we need to allow for the extension on the server.Within the Azure portal navigate to server parameters Search for azure.extensions Select which extensions to addREMEMBER to save before exit! Wait…