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PANs 1-32, 34-36, 46 and 57 have been superseded.
Forthcoming SPPs and PANs
This list was last updated in March 2006.
PAN 78 INCLUSIVE DESIGN March 2006
This PAN looks at how to improve the design of places so that they can be used by everyone - regardless of age, gender or disability.
PAN 77 DESIGNING SAFER PLACES March 2006
This document supercedes PAN 46 Planning for Crime Prevention (published in 1994). It reinforces many of the key themes outlined in PAN 46, and brings the adviceup to date with a new emphasis on design and quality.
PAN 76 NEW RESIDENTIAL STREETS November 2005
Provides advice on the design of better quality residential streets. It focuses on some key factors which can create successful street design. It also clarifies the roles and responsibilities of those involved.
New Way to New Streets PowerPoint
PAN 75 PLANNING FOR TRANSPORT August 2005
Aims to create greater awareness of how linkages between planning and transport can be managed. It highlights the roles of different bodies and professions in the process and points to other sources of information.
Transport Assessment and Implementation: A Guide August 2005
PAN 75 PLANNING FOR TRANSPORT PowerPoint
PAN 74 AFFORDABLE HOUSING March 2005
Sets out how the planning system can support the Executive's commitment to increase the supply of affordable housing.
PAN 73 RURAL DIVERSIFICATION
Draws on recent research as well as existing initiatives, policies and best practice, across Scotland, the UK and further afield to highlight how the planning system can assist in rural diversification.
PAN 72 HOUSING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE February 2005
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.
PAN 71 CONSERVATION AREA MANAGEMENT December 2004
Forms part of the design series of Advice Notes (PANs 71,68 and 67), which together strive to provide the foundations for tomorrow's conservation areas.
PAN 70 ELECTRONIC PLANNING SERVICE DELIVERY November 2004
This is also available in PDF Format.
PAN 69 PLANNING AND BUILDING STANDARDS ADVICE ON FLOODING August 2004
PAN 68 DESIGN STATEMENTS August 2003
Aims to see design statements used more effectively in the planning process and to create places of lasting quality.
PAN 67 HOUSING QUALITY February 2003
PAN 66 BEST PRACTICE IN HANDLING PLANNING APPLICATIONS AFFECTING TRUNK ROADS January 2003
ROAD NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE DIVISION DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ADJACENT TO TRUNK ROADS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT FOR 2002 January 2003
PAN 65 PLANNING AND OPEN SPACE January 2003
Provides advice on the role of the planning system in protecting and enhancing existing open spaces and providing high quality new spaces.
PAN 64 RECLAMATION OF SURFACE MINERAL WORKINGS December 2002
PAN 63 WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANNING February 2002. This is also available in PDF Format.
A POLICY STATEMENT FOR SCOTLAND DESIGNING PLACES
PAN 62 RADIO TELECOMMUNICATIONS September 2001. Download as 2 part Adobe acrobat document - Part A (2741k) Part B (240k)
PAN 61 PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS July 2001. Also available in PDF Format.
PAN 60 PLANNING FOR NATURAL HERITAGE August 2000. Download as four part Adobe acrobat document - Part A (1562k) Part B (1887k) Part C (1677k) Part D (1822k).
PAN 59 IMPROVING TOWN CENTRES October 1999. Download as three part Adobe acrobat document. - Part A (1681k), Part B (1478k) Part C (811k).
PAN 58 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT September 1999. Also available in PDF Format (1011k).
PAN 56 PLANNING AND NOISE April 1999. General principles, noise policies in development plans, development control, mitigating noise impact, noisy development, designated areas and the countryside, planning conditions, enforcement, environmental assessment, other statutory controls, glossary, annexes.
PAN 55 THE PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE & PLANNING March 1999. Introduction, principle, project management, outline & detailed planning permission, liaising with planning authority, managing the bidding process, development brief, local authority projects, summary, note, bibliography.
PAN 54 PLANNING ENFORCEMENT March 1999. Introduction, legislation, policy context, setting out policy clearly, concordat, unauthorised development, enforcement provisions, prosecuting offences, organisation. Annexes show policy, procedures, notices, flow chart.
PAN 53 CLASSIFYING THE COAST FOR PLANNING (1998: 8+16 pages), introduction, working group, classification, defining the coast, indicators, conclusion.. Annex: consultants report: Coastal Planning Zones Study.
PAN 52 PLANNING AND SMALL TOWNS (1997: 63 pages), introduction, legacy, pressures (population, economic, employment & service concentration, traffic growth, insensitive development), planning approach (function, sense of place, community, structure & local plans, regeneration & expansion, town centres, transport, townscape), development funding & co-ordination, small towns initiative, conclusions. Townscape audit, Scottish burghs survey. Bibliography.
PAN 51 PLANNING & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (1997: 48 pages), introduction, origins, sustainable development, environmental pollution, Europe, legislation, SEPA, development planning & control, hazardous substances. Regimes for integrated pollution control, local air pollution control, pollution of controlled waiters, drinking water quality, contaminated land, radioactive substances, statutory nuisance and noise, litter, light. Contacts, glossary, bibliography
PAN 50 CONTROLLING THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF SURFACE MINERAL WORKINGS (1996: 29 pages), introduction, environmental issues, proximity to communities, planning conditions (performance, amelioration, codes of practice), specific environmental effects (traffic, blasting, noise, dust, visual intrusion, ground & surface water, wastes, severance & footpaths), conclusions, references. ANNEX A: CONTROL OF NOISE AT SURFACE MINERAL WORKINGS (1996: 22 pages), introduction, noise survey, estimating future noise, BS5228, noise limits, locations and values, noise monitoring locations, equipment , frequency and responsibility, noise abatement controls, statutory considerations, implementation and review, glossary, bibliography. ANNEX B: CONTROL OF DUST AT SURFACE MINERAL WORKINGS (1998: 25 pages), introduction, dust sources, impacts, type, climate, topography, process, location, monitoring standards, dust assessment, reduction & control by layout & work method, site management & monitoring, planning & other environmental controls, planning conditions, summary, bibliography. ANNEX C: CONTROL OF TRAFFIC AT SURFACE MINERAL WORKINGS(1998: 31 pages), on and off site traffic, mitigation (alternative modes, TIA, lorry routes, new road links, landscape, entrance, parking, fuel storage, noise, acoustic barriers, audible warnings, vehicle cleaning & maintenance, sheeting, hours, siting, management) development plans, implementation, review, glossary, sources. ANNEX D: THE CONTROL OF BLASTING AT SURFACE MINERAL WORKINGS
PAN 49 LOCAL PLANNING (1996: 32 pages) introduction, role of local plans, preparing effective local plans, keeping plans relevant and up-to-date, setting local plans in context, taking public interests into account, dealing with the main issues, managing plan preparation, some aspects of plan content, presentation of plan documents, supplementary documents, glossary.
PAN 48 PLANNING APPLICATION FORMS (1996: 8 pages), key points about the content and layout of planning application forms, with suggestions for improvement. Includes model forms and guidance notes for both householder and general planning applications.
PAN 47 COMMUNITY COUNCILS AND PLANNING (1996: 4 pages), about community councils, local involvement and Agenda 21, local authority & community council roles and responsibilities, checklists + contacts.
PAN 45 2002RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES (2002: 58 pages) Also available in PDF format. General considerations, wind power, hydro power, energy from biomass and wastes, implications for the rural communities.
PAN 44 FITTING NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT INTO THE LANDSCAPE (1994: 7+56 pages), policy framework, need for advice, action in plans and development control. PAN 44 incorporates a detailed illustrated consultants manual of design and analysis techniques with a worked example.
PAN 43 GOLF COURSES AND ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENTS (1994: 28 pages), provision, use and capacity, demand, policy framework, golf-related planning issues, golf course design, development planning and control, consultations.
PAN 42 ARCHAEOLOGY - THE PLANNING PROCESS & SCHEDULED MONUMENT PROCEDURES (1994: 24 pages), sites & monuments records, development plans, applications, Article 4 directions, Simplified Planning Zones, finding remains in developing, legislative arrangements, 1981 Order.
PAN 41 DEVELOPMENT PLAN DEPARTURES ( Revised 1997:16 pages), background to advice, best practice summary, deciding what is a departure, giving publicity to departures, taking account of representations, informing respondents, monitoring departures and altering plans. Annexes: practice diagram, 1996 Direction, example forms.
PAN 40 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ( Revised March 2001: 32 pages)
Also available in PDF Format [154kb]. Quality, local charters, indicators, targets, expectations, customer care, informed decisions, avoiding delay, monitoring, duties of councillors, officers, applicants, consultees, pre-application advice, forms, registration, adverts, seeking information, negotiation, consultation, progress chasing, time extensions, delegation, committee cycles, decisions, ground checks, value.
PAN 39 FARM AND FORESTRY BUILDINGS (1993: 20 pages), agriculture trends, problems with buildings, control & notification criteria, authorities' roles, siting and design advice, sources of help.
PAN 38 HOUSING LAND (Revised 2003)
PAN 37 STRUCTURE PLANNING ( Revised 1996: 15 pages), purpose, functions, sustainable development, plan content (context, long term development strategy, policies, proposals, implementation priorities), plan process (starting, draft, finalised plan, approval, monitoring, review), plan documents (survey report, consultative draft, written statement, key diagram, publicity & consultation statement, supplementary guidance).
PAN 33 DEVELOPMENT OF CONTAMINATED LAND ( Revised Oct 2000: 28 pages), identifying, assessing, developing contaminated land, planning approach, powers, duties, financial help.