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ISBN 978 0 7559 6712 4
ISSN 1741 1203
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Contents

Summary

Policy Context
Planning White Paper and the Planning etc (Scotland) Act 2006

Waste Infrastructure

Waste Streams

SEPA's planning role

Sustainable Waste Management
Waste management, health and the environment
Waste management and the proximity principle
Working With Communities
Proximity To Settlements

Development Plans and Waste Management
Establishing and Verifying Need
Model Policy, Areas of Search, Site Assessment and Identification
Supplementary Planning Guidance ( SPG)

Assessing Development Proposals
Thermal treatment and Energy from Waste
Landfill of residual waste
Land Raising
Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003
Cumulative Impacts (Landfill)
Sewage and other Process Sludges
Waste Management Planning and Other Developments

Development Management
Planning Conditions, Permitting and Licensing Powers, Monitoring and Enforcement
Design
Site Waste Management Plans

Monitoring and Implementation

Enquiries

Annex: Policy Framework Table

Planning Series:

• Scottish Planning Policies ( SPPs) provide statements of Scottish Executive policy on nationally important land use and other planning matters, supported where appropriate by a locational framework.
• Circulars, which also provide statements of Scottish Executive policy, contain guidance on policy implementation through legislative or procedural change.
• Planning Advice Notes ( PANs) provide advice on good practice and other relevant information.

Statements of Scottish Executive policy contained in SPPs and Circulars may be material considerations to be taken into account in development plan preparation and development management.

Existing National Planning Policy Guidelines ( NPPGs) have continued relevance to decision making, until such time as they are replaced by a SPP. The term SPP should be interpreted as including NPPGs.

Statements of Scottish Executive location-specific planning policy, for example the West Edinburgh Planning Framework, have the same status in decision making as SPPs.

The National Planning Framework sets out the strategy for Scotland's long-term spatial development. It has the same status as SPPs and provides a national context for development plans and planning decisions and the ongoing programmes of the Scottish Executive, public agencies and local government.

Important Note: In the interests of brevity and conciseness, Scottish Planning Policies do not repeat policy across thematic boundaries. Each SPP takes account of the general policy in SPP1 and highlights the other SPPs where links to other related policy will be found. The whole series of SPPs should be taken as an integral policy suite and read together.

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