Fish farming - permitted development rights: guidance

Inability or failure to comply with conditions

87. If an operator is unable to comply with the prescribed conditions they will be required to obtain formal planning consent for the changes they propose to make.

88. It is for the planning authority to consider what, if any, enforcement action to take should it appear that equipment deployed in exercise of a PDR or the use of such equipment does not meet the conditions of the Order.

Further advice

89. Further advice on siting and design can be found in the Scottish Government's Planning Advice Note (PAN) 45 and, from NatureScot, Marine Aquaculture and the Landscape: The siting and design of marine aquaculture developments in the landscape, available at https://www.nature.scot/siting-and-design-aquaculture-landscape-visual-and-landscape-considerations.

90. Prior notification forms available from the e-planning website are in the process of being updated to reflect the recent changes introduced by the 2020 Amendment Order. The guidance will also be updated to reflect the changes. In the meantime local authorities have produced a standard prior notification form which is available to download from their respective websites.