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Planning Advice Note Housing in the Countryside
Skirling, Scottish Borders
Aim
Designing Places, published in November 2001, sets out the Scottish Executive's expectations of the planning system to deliver high standards of design in development for rural and urban areas. The design based Planning Advice Note (PAN) series is an additional means by which we can maintain the profile of design and identify best practice in planning for high quality development.
This PAN supersedes and reinforces many of the key themes set out in PAN 36 Siting and Design of New Housing in the Countryside (published in 1991) and brings the advice up to date with the new emphasis on design and quality.
The advice in this PAN sets out key design principles which need to be taken into account: by applicants when planning a new development and by planning authorities, when preparing development plans and supporting guidance, and determining applications.
The purpose is to create more opportunities for good quality rural housing which respects Scottish landscapes and building traditions. The advice should not, however, be seen as a constraint on architects and designers wishing to pursue innovative and carefully considered contemporary designs.
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Housing sitting down low in the landscape | Gable end of the Wooden House, Skye, Highlands |
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