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…
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 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…
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 Planning obligations made under section 75 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended) should only be…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This Guide in PDF FormatDownload . A significant number of authorities in the UK have the same software that allows members of the public viewing access to most of their…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Planning in the UK has for a long time suffered from a classic siloing of data by authority resulting in slow and varied analysis of information. Authorities relied on talented…
Geoserver has this really great feature whereby admins are able to create views that are held with the configuration of the Geoserver but separate from the database. This allows admins…
This post is a brief description of my findings on setting up Geoserver from scratch and some particular points on setting it up for an Oracle connection. I hope it…
Pros I recently started using ArcGIS Online (AGOL), a platform that seems to be widely regarded as a solid choice for online mapping. So far, I’ve found its user interface…
Why you need it? You want to record procedures, you need multiple people to access one source, you are struggling with version control with your current sources, you need to…