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Planning Circulars

Circulars contain guidance on policy implementation through legislative or procedural change.

Subject

Title

Circular Number

Date of Issue

Airports

Control of Development in Airport Public Safety Zones

8/2002

15.10.02

Safeguarding of Aerodromes, Technical Sites and Military Explosives Storage Areas

2/2003

27.01.03

Applications and Appeals

The Town and Country Planning (Notification of Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Direction 2006

1/2006

27.04.06

Code Of Practice For Planning Appeals And Other Planning Cases Determined By Written Submissions

1/2000

23.08.00

The Town and Country Planning (Notification of Applications) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Direction 1998 Notification of Planning Applications

20/1998

22.10.98

Town and Country Planning (Notification of Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Direction 1998 Notification of Planning Applications

15/1998

06.10.98

Notification of Planning Applications.

4/1997

(amended by circulars 15/1998, 20/1998, 1/2005 and 1/2006. Also letters of 30 November 2000 issued with NPPG 6 Renewable Energy Developments and 9 October 2002 on Prime Quality Agricultural Land) 01.04.97

CCTV

Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1996: Close Circuit Television (CCTV) Cameras

18/1996

(superseded in part by circular 4/1998) 22.05.96

Compulsory Purchase

Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003: Consequential Amendments to Planning and Compulsory Purchase Legislation

4/2003

12.11.03

Compulsory Acquisition of Land. Land Compensation Rate of Interest.

17/1998

22.10.98

Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 Planning and Compulsory Purchase Order Inquiries and Hearings: Procedures and Good Practice

36/1997

17.10.97

Conditions

The Use of Conditions in Planning Permissions

4/1998

(Supersedes 18/1986 -except appendices A & B. Also see NPPG 5) 27.02.98

Model Planning Conditions

4/1998 Addendum

(Supersedes appendices A & B of circular 18/1986. Also see NPPG 5) 12.3.99

Conservation area management

Memorandum of Guidance on Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas: New Edition 1998

13/1998

26.08.98

Consultation

Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1996: Consultation with Community Councils and Scottish Environment Protection Agency, etc.

4/1996

06.03.96

Demolition

The Town and Country Planning (Demolition which is not Development) (Scotland) Direction 2001

1/2001

22.01.01

The Town and Country Planning (Demolition which is not Development) (Scotland) Direction 1994

15/1995

20.07.95

Development control

Houses in Multiple Occupation: Guidance on the interface between planning control and licensing

4/2004

27.09.04

Development management

Extension of Householder Permitted Development Rights - Screening for Strategic Environmental Assessment

Determination letter dated 15 May 200815 May 2008

Notification of Planning Applications

5/2007

1.05.07 (Amended by Circular 7/2007)

The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Order 1994: Notices to Owners Etc under Section 24 and Miscellaneous Amendments.

1/1995

11.01.95

Development plan

The Designation of Structure Plan Areas (Scotland) Order 1995

25/1995

06.12.95

The Town and Country Planning (Development Contrary to Development Plans) (Scotland) Direction 1996.

10/1996

09.04.96

Enforcement

Planning Enforcement

4/1999

1.3.99

Environmental impact assessment

The Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999

8/2007

30.11.07

Strategic Environmental Assessment for Development Planning; The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Scotland) Regulations 2004

2/2004

20.07.04

The Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 Review of Old Mineral Permissions (ROMPs)

1/2003

23.01.03

Environmental protection

The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Avian Influenza) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2008

1/2008

26.03.08

The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Avian Influenza) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2007

6/2007

25.01.99

Environmentally Sensitive Areas.

17/1997

June 1997

Farm and Forestry

Indicative Forestry Strategies

9/1999

07.04.99

Fees

The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007

2/2007

01.04.07

The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

1/2004

01.06.04

Fish Farming

Planning Controls for Marine Fish Farming

1/2007

01.04.07

Hazardous Materials

Planning and the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2005

3/2006

03.11.06

Local Planning

Local Plan Inquiries: Local Plan Service Standards

1/1996

02.02.96

Town and Country Planning Code of Practice for Local Plan Inquiries

32/1996

25.09.96

Town and Country Planning (Costs of Inquiries Etc) (Standard Daily Amount) (Scotland) Regulations 1996

5/1996

07.03.96

Mineral workings

Town and Country Planning (Compensation for restrictions on mineral working and mineral waste depositing) (Scotland) Regulations 1998

3/1999

25.1.99

Town and Country Planning (Scotland) (Minerals) Regulations 1998

2/1999

25.11.98

Review of Old Mineral Permissions and Environmental Impact Assessment Notes for Guidance

25/1998

25.11.98

The Town and Country Planning (Notification of Applications) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Direction 1998 Notification of Planning Applications

20/1998

22.10.98

Noise

Planning & Noise

10/1999

9.4.99

Open space

Consultation on and Notification of Planning Applications for Outdoor Sports Facilities and Open Space

7/2007

15.11.07

Planning Agreement

The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 Planning Agreements.

12/1996

29.04.96

Planning System

The Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2007

3/2007

1.04.07

Planning Zones

Planning and Compensation Act 1991 Simplified Planning Zones

18/1995

(Supersedes 16/1987) 18.08.95

Strategic Development Planning Authorties

Statutory Guidance on Strategic Development Planning Authorities

2/200823.04.08

Telecommunications

The Town and Country Planning (Electronic Communications) (Scotland) Order 2004

3/2004

28.07.04

The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Order 2001: Development by Telecommunications Code System Operatorsยข

5/2001

23.07.01

Town and Country Planning

The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2007

4/2007

1.04.07

Transport

Transport Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2006

2/2006

10.05.06

Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1997: Consultation of Planning Applications for Roadside Facilities and Developments Affecting Playing Fields.

5/1997

01.04.97 (Paragraphs 3 and 4 have been superseded by Circular 7/2007)

The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment (No.3) Order 1994: Demolition, Toll Road Facilities and Miscellaneous Amendments

2/1995

(amended by 15/1995) 11.01.95

Notification of Planning Applications Development Affecting Trunk Roads and Special Roads

1/2005

15.03.05

Use Classes Order

Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1998

7/1998

21.05.98

The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997

1/1998

(amended by 7/1998) 14.01.98

Value

The Town and Country Planning (Limit of Annual Value) (Scotland) Order 2005

2/2005

20.12.05

Waste management

Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 1997: Water and Sewerage Authorities: Above Ground Sewerage Works

2/1998

14.01.98

Water and drainage

Environmental Impact Assessment (Water Management) (Scotland) Regulations 2003

3/2003

4.11.03

Circulars contain guidance on policy implementation through legislative or procedural change.



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