...better start getting prepared now
The Government's 'Planning and Building News' arrived yesterday and I bet you cannot guess what is planned?
Well, according to the Newsletter:
Planning Minister Derek Mackay outlined a major review of Scottish Planning Policy and the programme for delivery of Scotland's third National Planning Framework.
In a statement to Parliament, Mr Mackay stressed the importance of the planning system in creating sustainable economic growth for Scotland.
And he announced a programme of engagement on the National Planning Framework (NPF) - which will set priorities for national development over the next 20 to 30 years - as well as a review of Scottish Planning Policy, to spell out how that vision will be delivered.
As part of the review of the NPF Mr Mackay launched a call for Candidate National Developments to be considered for inclusion in the final document. The selected developments must make a significant contribution to Scotland's sustainable economic growth and be of national, rather than regional, significance.
Mr Mackay stressed he wants everyone with an interest in the future of Scotland to be able to have a say in developing the national framework and launched online the Participation Statement which set out how people can get involved
In terms of the Third NPF
The NPF can designate “national developments”, which are in the national interest. 14 were identified in NPF2. The following criteria will be used to evaluate proposals for national development status:
A Proposal Form (word version) is provided for interested parties to use to suggest projects which are deliverable, and which they consider to be nationally important. Proposal forms should also be submitted for the existing national developments, should those taking them forward feel that they will also be relevant to NPF3. Completed forms should be returned by Friday December 14, 2012.
In terms of Scottish Planning Policy - SPP:
The intended timescale for the review is:
| Announcement & Call for Ideas |
| Pre-draft engagement & drafting |
| Publish Draft SPP & consultation |
| Analyse responses & re-drafting |
| Publish finalised SPP |
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