Stage 1 Report on the Planning (Scotland) Bill

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Overview
Report
- Report Recommendations
- Introduction
  - Approach
- The Scottish Government's review of planning
- The purpose of planning
- Part 1: Development Planning
  - The National Planning Framework (NPF)
    
    Content of the NPF
    
    The NPF and Local Development Plans
    
    Parliamentary scrutiny of the NPF
  - Removal of strategic development plans
  - Local Development Plans (LDPs)
    
    Statutory Supplementary Guidance
    
    Gate Check
  - Local Place Plans
  - Equalities and planning
  - Third party/equal right of appeal (ERA)
  - Agent of Change
- Part 2: Simplified Development Zones
- Part 3: Development management
  - Pre-application consultation
  - Delegation of decisions
  - Duration of planning permission
  - Completion notices
  - Planning obligations
- Part 4: Other matters
  - Fees
  - Performance of planning authorities
  - Enforcement
  - Training for taking planning decisions
  - Tree preservation orders
- Part 5: Infrastructure levy
  - Land Value Capture
- The balance between national and local decision taking.
- Regulation making powers
- Conclusion
- Annex A - Glossary of frequently used terms in this report
- Annex B - Summary of written and oral evidence
Sources

Image: Figure 1: Summary of the Committee's engagement on the Planning (Scotland) Bill

Image: Committee members attending community events in Motherwell, Skye and Stonehaven

Image: Committee's Conference on the Planning (Scotland) Bill, Forth Valley College, Stirling

Image: Figure 1: Scottish Government's proposed plan preparation and implementation

Image: Copy of Linlithgow Planning Forum's Plan for the Future document

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South Lanarkshire Council. (2018, February). Written Submission. Retrieved from http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20180201_PB_SLanarkshireCouncil.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

Local Government and Communities Committee 14 March 2018 [Draft], David Leslie, contrib. 270, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11423&c=2074361

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Local Government and Communities Committee 14 March 2018 [Draft], Graeme Purves, contrib. 11, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11423&c=2074102

Local Government and Communities Committee 14 March 2018 [Draft], Ailsa Anderson, contrib. 277, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11423&c=2074368

Local Government and Communities Committee 14 March 2018 [Draft], Aedán Smith, contrib. 205, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11423&c=2074296

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Kevin Murray Associates and the University of Glasgow. (2014, April). Review of the Strategic Development Plans in Scotland. Retrieved from http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0044/00448818.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

Local Government and Communities Committee 07 March 2018, Stuart Tait (Clydeplan), contrib. 199, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11405&c=2070886

Local Government and Communities Committee 14 March 2018 [Draft], Councillor Heddle, contrib. 284, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11423&c=2074375

Scottish Environment LINK Planning Group. (2018, February). Written submission. Retrieved from http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20180202_PB_SELink.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

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Heads of Planning Scotland. (2018, February). Written evidence. Retrieved from http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20180202_PB_HOPScotland.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

Royal Town Planning Institute. (2018, February). Written submission. Retrieved from http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20180131_PB_RTPIScotland.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

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Local Government and Communities Committee 21 March 2018, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 149, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11441&c=2078149

Local Government and Communities Committee 21 March 2018, John McNairney, contrib. 150, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11441&c=2078150

Local Government and Communities Committee 28 February 2018 [Draft], Petra Biberbach, contrib. 93, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11390&c=2068382

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Local Government and Communities Committee 21 March 2018, John McNairney, contrib. 140, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11441&c=2078140

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East Lothian Council. (2018, February). Written submission. Retrieved from http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20180202_PB_ELothianCouncil.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

Aurora Planning Ltd. (2018, February). Written submission. Retrieved from http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20180202_PB_AuroraPlanning.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

Built Environment Forum Scotland. (2018, February). Written submission. Retrieved from http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20180201_PB_BEFS.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

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Local Government and Communities Committee 21 March 2018, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 73, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11441&c=2078073

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Local Government and Communities Committee 07 March 2018, Professor Hague, contrib. 275, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11405&c=2070962

Local Government and Communities Committee 21 March 2018, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 234, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11441&c=2078234

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Local Government and Communities Committee 28 February 2018 [Draft], Tom Kiehl, contrib. 283, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11390&c=2068572

Local Government and Communities Committee 28 February 2018 [Draft], Beverley Whitrick, contrib. 266, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11390&c=2068555

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Official Report. (2018, March 7). Local Government and Communities Committee, Col 62.

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GVA. (2018, February). Written submission. Retrieved from http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20180202_PB_GVA.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

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Official Report. (2018, March 7). Local Government and Communities Committee, Col 61.

Local Government and Communities Committee 21 March 2018, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 31, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11441&c=2078031

Local Government and Communities Committee 21 March 2018, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 48, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11441&c=2078048

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Official Report. (2018, February 28). Local Government and Communities Committee, Col 47.

Local Government and Communities Committee 14 March 2018 [Draft], Aedán Smith, contrib. 193, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11423&c=2074284

Professor Cliff Hague. (2018, March). Additional Written Submission. Retrieved from http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20180315_PB_CHague.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

Official Report. (2018, March 14). Local Government and Communities Committee, Col 78.

Persimmon Homes Limited. (2018, February). Written submission. Retrieved from http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20180202_PB_PersimmonHomes.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

UNISON Scotland. (2018, February). Written submission. Retrieved from http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20180131_PB_UNISONScotland.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

Local Government and Communities Committee 14 March 2018 [Draft], Councillor Heddle, contrib. 362, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11423&c=2074453

Accounts Commission. (2018, February). Written submission. Retrieved from http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20180202_PB_AccountsCommission_AGS.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

Local Government and Communities Committee 21 March 2018, Kevin Stewart, contrib. 101, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=11441&c=2078101

Official Report. (2018, March 21). Local Government and Communities Committee, Col 22.

Official Report. (2018, March 7). Local Government and Communities Committee, Col 45.

COSLA. (2018, February). Written submission. Retrieved from http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20180201_PB_COSLA.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

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South Ayrshire Council. (2018, February). Written submission. Retrieved from http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Local_Gov/Inquiries/20180130_PB_SAyrshireCouncil.pdf [accessed 17 April 2018]

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Image: Figure 1: Summary of the Committee's engagement on the Planning (Scotland) Bill

Image: Committee members attending community events in Motherwell, Skye and Stonehaven

Image: Committee's Conference on the Planning (Scotland) Bill, Forth Valley College, Stirling

Image: Figure 1: Scottish Government's proposed plan preparation and implementation

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