Section | Documents | Purpose |
IDENTIFICATION OF HOUSING REQUIREMENTS |
Local housing strategies | National Standards for Community Engagement (Communities Scotland); Local housing strategies guidance (Communities Scotland); Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessments (Communities Scotland) | Guidance on the preparation of local housing strategies. |
Meeting the housing requirement in the Development Plan | National Planning Framework Planning etc. (Scotland Act 2006; Draft Regulations on Development Planning Consultation Paper (October 2007) SPP1: The Planning
System*; PAN 37: Structure Planning*; PAN 49: Local Planning*; ( * these are to be revised during 2008 in line with the modernisation proposals) PAN 81: Community Engagement | Framework to guide the spatial development of Scotland to 2025, emphasising the importance of place, high quality environments, sustainable transport and land use and efficient use of resources. NPF2 will set the context for meeting The Government's housing aspirations. New statutory basis for development planning introducing strategic development plans and local development plans. Draft regulations covering the development planning system including form, content and preparation of new development plans, and transitional arrangements. Provides an overview of the land use planning system in Scotland. Guidance on Structure and Local Plans. Guidance on effective community engagement in planning including role of local authorities, developers and the community. |
DELIVERY OF HOUSING |
The spatial dimension - guiding development to the right places |
Sustainable settlement strategies | Designing Places SPP2: Business and
Industry SPP4: Planning for Minerals NPPG 5: Archaeology and Planning SPP6: Renewable Energy SPP7: Planning and
Flooding SPP10: Planning for Waste Management SPP11: Open Space and Physical Activity NPPG 13: Coastal Planning NPPG 14: Natural Heritage SPP15: Planning for Rural Development SPP16: Opencast Coal SPP17: Transport and Planning NPPG 18: Planning and the Historic Environment SPP21: Greenbelts PAN 44: Fitting New Housing Development into the Landscape PAN 45: Renewable Energy Technologies PAN 51: Planning, Environmental Protection and Regulation PAN 52: Planning in Small Towns PAN 56: Planning and Noise PAN 60: Planning for Natural Heritage PAN 67: Housing Quality PAN 68: Design Statements PAN 72: Housing in the Countryside PAN 76: New Residential Streets PAN 77: Designing Safer Places PAN 78: Inclusive Design PAN 79: Water and Drainage | A sustainable settlement strategy will set the context for the choice of sites which can meet the identified housing requirements in an area. Designing Places sets the context for a range of guidance which aims to improve standards and design in new building. The consideration of sites for inclusion within development plans for housing should follow the principles in Designing Places and related guidance from the outset. Sites must be fit for purpose, ie capable of accommodating identified requirements for delivery within necessary timescales. The context; identity and connection of each site (see the Design Snapshot and PAN 68) should be considered as appropriate at an early stage both to advise choices between alternative options but also to ensure chosen sites are capable of delivering high quality housing developments which can be described as successful places. (Designing Places - housing developments should be distinctive, safe and pleasant, easy to get to and move around, welcoming, adaptable and resource efficient.) Site selection considerations: the suitability of land to accommodate housing and mixed use development requires broad consideration of a variety of relevant factors which influence the capacity of the landscape/townscape to accommodate new development and the economic, social and environmental parameters for the type of living environment which can be created there. This should include early identification of the likely transport impacts of development. It is also vital that account is taken of the status of land which should be protected from residential development in light of natural, built or cultural heritage interests; health and safety; or for resource management purposes; alternative land use designations; land otherwise not suitable for development ie due to proximity to incompatible existing or planned land uses. The available infrastructure capacity or means of connection is also relevant. Early strategic masterplanning of sites will assist in demonstrating how development might be accommodated. |
Efficient use of land and buildings |
| Historic Scotland Guide for Practitioners 6: Conversion of Traditional Buildings Parts 1 & 2 | Provides advice to practitioners, developers, building owners and local authorities on the application of the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004 in relation to historic buildings. |
Brownfield Sites | PAN 33: Contaminated Land | Guidance on remediation of previously developed sites which are affected by contamination. |
Expanded and new settlements | PAN 44: Fitting new housing development into the landscape | Should be considered in the context of sustainable settlement strategy see above. |
Accessible locations | SPP17: Transport and Planning PAN 66: Best Practice in Handling Planning Applications Affecting Trunk Roads PAN 75: Planning for Transport | The integration of land use and transportation, guiding the location of significant traffic generating and higher density uses in the most accessible locations supports the achievement of sustainable forms of development. |
Housing policies in development plans |
Creation of quality in housing | Designing Places; PAN 67: Housing Quality; PAN 68: Design Statements SPP6: Renewable Energy; PAN 45 Annex: Planning for Micro Renewables ; Sullivan report on a low carbon building standards strategy for Scotland ( SBSA); Communities Scotland Sustainable Housing Design Guide 2007 SPP8: Town Centres and Retailing SPP10: Planning for Waste Management; PAN 63: Waste Management Planning PAN 51: Planning, Environmental Protection and Regulation PAN 56: Planning and Noise PAN 61: Planning and Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems PAN 72: Housing in the Countryside PAN 77: Designing Safer Places PAN 78: Inclusive Design SPP17: Planning for Transport PAN 75: Planning for Transport PAN 76: New Residential Streets SPP20: Role of Architecture and Design Scotland | The detailed design process should continue the promotion of high quality housing developments in the right locations. The process is set out in PAN 68 which guides the consideration of the design principles which determine the layout and design of the development proposal. Matters to be considered include: renewable energy standards, siting and orientation, resource efficiency, low and zero carbon developments, decentralised energy supply systems relative to inclusion of retail provision in the creation of new mixed communities waste management/local recycling provision designed in and construction waste managed clarifies the roles of the planning system in relation to the environmental protection regimes guidance on limiting noise created by new developments and protection of development from sources of excessive noise. guidance on the design of SUDs schemes specific guidance on design matters in relation to housing in the countryside ensuring development is located and designed in a way which builds in safety and security and deters antisocial and criminal behaviour. relates to the design of environments capable of being accessed and used by everyone the relationship of quality in housing to provision for traffic movement, transport connection, the design of streets and parking provision. Draws together The Scottish Government's published design quality commitments and sets out the role of Architecture and Design Scotland including the design review service. |
Open space provision | SPP11: Open Space and Physical Activity; PAN 65: Open Space | Policy and guidance on the provision and maintenance of appropriate open space in relation to housing developments. |
Affordable housing | PAN 74: Affordable Housing | Guidance on the role of planning in the provision of affordable housing as part of the development of mixed sustainable communities. |
Housing in rural areas | SPP15: Planning for Rural Development; PAN 72: Housing in the Countryside; PAN 73: Rural Diversification | Specific considerations relevant to housing provision in rural areas, and the role of housing in relation to the diversification of rural business. |
Developer Contributions | SODD Circular 12/1996 Planning Agreements | Sets out policy with respect to the use of agreements to restrict or regulate the development or use of land, provides guidance on the circumstances in which such agreements should be used and how they can be efficiently concluded. |
Development Plan Action Programmes | Planning etc. (Scotland Act 2006; Draft Regulations on Development Planning Consultation Paper October 2007 | New statutory basis for development planning, introducing strategic development plans and local development plans. Draft regulations covering the development planning system including the role of Action Programmes. |
Development Management | Planning etc. (Scotland Act 2006; Consultation on Development Management PAN 40: Development Control (to be revised during 2008 in line with the modernisation proposals) PAN 66 : Best Practice in Handling Planning Applications Affecting Trunk Roads | New development management process. Consultation covers processes around planning applications being fit for purpose and responsive to different types of development proposal; improving efficiency in determining planning applications; and improving public involvement in the consideration of proposals requiring planning permission. Best practice advice in relation to development control processes. guidance for the development management process where there is potential for impact on the trunk road |
Planning Agreements | SODD Circular 12/1996 Planning Agreements | Sets out policy with respect to the use of agreements to restrict or regulate the development or use of land, provides guidance on the circumstances in which such agreements should be used and how they can be efficiently concluded. |