Advice and Guidance

Thinking of Altering your House or Flat ?

The rules on the need for planning permission change on 6 February 2012.  The Scottish Government has changed the legislation regarding the need for planning permission to alter or extend a house (or flat) or carry out any works (including buildings) in the garden.

• Thinking of altering your house or flat? (pdf 41.7 kb)

Categories of Development as of 6 April 2009

• Categories of Development Guidance Note (pdf 162kb)

Making a Planning Application

• Major Applications - Pre Application Discussion (pdf 144kb)
• Making a Planning Application (pdf 60.5kb)
• Checklist - Householder Application (pdf 100kb)
• Checklist - Full Planning Application (pdf 159kb)
• Checklist - Listed Building Application (pdf 100kb)
• Checklist - Advertisement Application (pdf 91.4kb)
• Checklist - Matters Specified in Conditions Application (pdf 107kb)
• Checklist - Mineral Working Application (pdf 104kb)
• Checklist - Planning Permission in Principle Application (pdf 93.1kb)
• Checklist - Supporting Information (pdf 204kb)
• Transport Assessment Form (pdf 42.2kb)

Pre-Application Consultation Guidance

• Pre-Application Screening Notice (pdf 149 kb)
• Proposal of Application Notice (pdf 153kb)
• Pre-Application Consultation Report (pdf 124kb)
• Pre-Application Consultation Forms

General Guidance

• Providing Drainage for New Development Where Public Sewers are not Available (pdf 123kb)
• Certificate for Proposed Foul Water Sub-Surface Soakaway (pdf 48.6kb)
• Steading Conversions - Capability of Conversion (pdf 106kb)
• Opportunities for Biodiversity Enhancement in New Development (pdf 666kb)
• Bats and Development (pdf 449kb)
• Bat Survey Requirements (pdf 351kb)
• Bat Surveyor Contact List (pdf 344kb)
• Baseline Ecological Survey (pdf 107kb)
• Protected Species Surveys (pdf 106kb)
• Buffer Strips Adjacent to Water Courses and Water Bodies (pdf 227kb)
• Wind Turbines - Distance and Noise Calculations (pdf 46.4kb)

Scheme of Delegation

• List of Delegated Powers to Officers (pdf 41.7kb)

Request to Speak at Committee

• Making a request to speak at committee (pdf 15.8kb)

Request for Review by the Local Review Body

Notice of Review form and guidance can be found on the Local Review Body webpage.

Prior Notification for Farm or Forestry Buildings

The erection of some farm and forestry buildings can be classed as permitted development under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992.  Anyone intending to build, or significantly alter or extend, an agricultural building is required to apply to the Planning Authority for a determination of whether or not their prior approval is required for the siting, design and external appearance of the building.

Neighbours do not require to be notified as part of this procedure and there is no provision for any interested parties to make a representation about such a notification.

The Planning Authority has 28 days from receipt of the notification with requisite plans and elevation drawings to respond.  Only if the Planning Authority is unhappy with the siting or design of the building can an application for full planning permission be requested.  If no response from the Planning Authority is received within 28 days then in effect planning permission has been granted.  If a further application for full planning permission is requested by the Planning Authority anyone wishing to make a representation can do so at that time.