The developments listed in Schedule 2 of the TCPO (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) 1992, represent developments likely to raise amenity issues.
Section 3
A Unitary Development Plan (UDP) is an old-style development plan prepared by a metropolitan district and some unitary Local Planning Authorities.
A material consideration is a process in planning law in which the decision maker when assessing an application for development must consider in deciding the outcome of an application.
A ‘minor material amendment’ is likely to include any amendment where its scale and/or nature results in a development which is not substantially different from the one which has been approved.
Development proposals still need to be amended sometimes even after planning permission has been granted. If these amendments are not significant, they may be described as ‘non-material’.
The NPPF consolidates all policy statements, circulars and guidance documents into a single, simpler document reducing the overall size of more than 1,000 pages to around 50.
The Local Plan should make clear what is intended to happen in the area over the life of the plan, where and when this will occur and how it will be delivered.
Neighbourhood plans, when brought into force, become part of the statutory development plan for the area that they cover.
A Local Plan should make clear what is intended to happen in the area over the life of the plan, where and when this will occur and how it will be delivered.
Neighbourhood planning gives communities direct power to develop a shared vision for their neighbourhood and shape the development and growth of their local area.
The planning guarantee is the government’s policy that no application should spend more than a year with decision-makers, including any appeal.
There are three types of appeal to refused planning applications: Written Representations, Hearing and Public Inquiry.
The steps of the Planning Application process include payment of correct fee, online or paper submission to LPA of drawings & docs among others.
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are one of the tools that can help to protect the marine environment, whilst also enabling its sustainable use.
Moorland generally refers to open upland landscapes dominated by heather and maintained through human management.
A Community Forest is a designated area close to large cities and contains large amounts of brownfield, underused and derelict land.
An Environmentally Sensitive Area is a type of designation for an agricultural area which needs special protection because of its landscape, wildlife or historical value.
World Heritage is the designation for places on Earth that are of outstanding universal value to humanity.
National Nature Reserves were established to protect some of our most important habitats, species and geology, and to provide ‘outdoor laboratories’ for research.