Written Question · S2W-25973 · Session 2
What weighting it expects planning authorities to give to Scottish Planning Policies (SPPs) and Planning Advice Notes (PANs) in assessing p…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what weighting it expects planning authorities to give to Scottish Planning Policies (SPPs) and Planning Advice Notes (PANs) in assessing planning applications in the period between the issuing of the policy or advice and the subsequent finalisation of updated structure and local plans, in circumstances where the Executive has changed the substance or the emphasis of policy in its newly issued SPPs and PANs and where the change in the substance or emphasis of policy is not considered by planning authorities to be so significant as to require formal alteration of plans currently in force.
The answer
Decisions on planning applicationsare required to be made in accordance with the development plan unless materialconsiderations indicate otherwise. Depending on the circumstances of the case, suchconsiderations can include Scottish Planning Policies (SPP) and Planning AdviceNotes (PAN). It would be for the body determining the application to consider theweight to be given to a new SPP or PAN which was relevant to the case but not yetincluded in the development plan.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-25973 by reference.