Written Question · S1W-18774 · Session 1
(a) whether housing land audits are a statutory or recommended component of structure and local planning, (b) how frequently housing land a…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) whether housing land audits are a statutory or recommended component of structure and local planning, (b) how frequently housing land audits should be carried out, (c) whether it monitors the performance of local authorities in auditing the Established or Effective Land Supply and (d) how recently each structure plan authority has carried out an audit of local authorities.
The answer
There is no statutory requirement for planning authorities to conduct housing land audits. Planning Advice Note 38 Structure Plans: Housing Land Requirements, however, sets out the Scottish Executive's advice in relation to auditing the effective housing land supply and refers to such audits as an annual process. The Executive does not formally monitor planning authorities' housing land audit performance and so cannot indicate when each structure plan authority last conducted such an audit.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-18774 by reference.