Planning Application Fee Calculators – (Scotland)
Planning application fees continue to be challenging for even professional agents to calculate so I am always looking for a way to facilitate calculation. I know the Scottish Government has…
When is a Non-Material Variation Application required on planning permission in Scotland?
When you’ve secured planning permission for a new house (or development), the last thing you really want is to get bogged down in paperwork for small design tweaks. But frequently…
Procedural Overview of Permission Administration for site through to Completion (UK Planning authority focus)
Much like an order of trades for actually building out houses on a housing site there is an order of adminstration that needs to be managed when site construction really…
Prior Notification and Prior Approval
1. Prior Notification What it is: A simpler process where the developer notifies the local planning authority (LPA) of their intention to carry out certain types of permitted development. Purpose:…
Scottish Government publishes new Guidance on Housing Land Audit
Importance of the Audit The Housing Land Audit is an annual count of future housing coming forward and a record of historical completions on former site. It is a principle…
Plan App Representations – Window for Comments
After submission of a planning application householder and larger applications neighbours and interested parties have the right to comment in support, objecting to or neutrally on an application. What is…
Duration of Planning Permission (Scotland)
Time limits on existing planning permissions - General Rule 3 years Section 58(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, as amended 1st October 2022, provides that grant…
Curtilage – a definition
One of the most common planning applications councils receive is for development within the grounds of a property. In order to be considered as a householder planning application those structures…
News Jan 2025 : Environmental assessment system to be replaced amid development drive (England and Wales)
"Developers have to consult too many organisations on too wide a range of issue, the Treasury said." Quote from the Independent on Sunday 26 January 2025 full article link below;…
National /Major / Local Definition – Hierarchy of Development
The process by which a development gets planning permission is influenced by its class of development - National, Major or Local. That classification is defined through legislation. The Town and…
Legislation – Planning App Fees Updated for 09 June 2025
NEW FEE Rates ALL Scotland Monday 09 June 2025 SCOTLAND Planning application fee FLOW DIAGRAM updated 09 June 2025Download Please be aware that from Monday 09 June 2025 new rates…
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…
Scot Gov Planning Policy – Overview and Links
PANs / Circulars / Creating Places and Designing Streets are more specific derivations of the principles laid out in NPPF4 and Scot Gov Planning Policy PAN(s) – Planning Advice Notes…
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
Users should carefully review any links to legislation when investigating specific points of interest as legislation may or may not be consolidated and release of new legislation tends to be…
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…
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…
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…