Written Question · S2W-06580 · Session 2
When it expects its planning consultation and review to be completed.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects its planning consultation and review to be completed.
The answer
As part of a continuing programmeof modernisation of our planning system, we have carried out publicconsultations on wide-reaching reviews of strategic planning and public involvementin the planning system. We also regularly review our thematic planningpolicies, such as the recently published policy document Planning andFlooding and our consultation draft policy on Planning for RuralDevelopment.
We will shortly embark onfurther public consultations on rights of appeal in the planning system andproposals to modernise development planning. We also expect to publish ourfirst National Planning Framework for Scotland in the near future.
We will consider the outcomeof all strands of the modernisation agenda and consider any necessary changeswhich require primary or secondary legislation or policy guidance. Subject toother legislative priorities, we expect that a Planning Bill will be introducedduring the current session of the Parliament.
We will shortly embark onfurther public consultations on rights of appeal in the planning system andproposals to modernise development planning. We also expect to publish ourfirst National Planning Framework for Scotland in the near future.
We will consider the outcomeof all strands of the modernisation agenda and consider any necessary changeswhich require primary or secondary legislation or policy guidance. Subject toother legislative priorities, we expect that a Planning Bill will be introducedduring the current session of the Parliament.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-06580 by reference.