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Draft regulations on development management
The draft regulations propose changes to the procedures for the determination of planning applications.
Pre-application consultation would apply to the following types of development, and a report would be required to be submitted with a planning application:
§ National development
§ Major development
§ Development which meets the thresholds of the EIA regulations
§ Development constituting a departure from a development plan.
Before its final decision, a local authority would be permitted to convene a pre-determination hearing to allow those parties who made representations on an application (for EIA development or development contrary to a development plan) to make further comment to a planning committee. The Committee’s decision following such hearing would need to be referred to the full Council for final decision.
Processing agreements would apply, on a voluntary basis, to major and national developments. Such agreements would provide an applicant and planning authority with a means of managing the approach and timescales for determination of an application.
The regulations intend to stipulate the information required to be submitted to enable a local authority to validate an application.
Planning applications should be accompanied by a design and/or access statement and include details of how such concepts have been incorporated into a development.
Waste transfer stations and recycling points are proposed additions to the list of ‘bad neighbour development’.
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Source: Scottish Government
Deadline: 2 April 2008
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