Planning: core documents library

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• national planning documents
• strategic development plans
• local planning authority documents
• frequently used planning advice notes
• frequently used planning circulars

National planning documents

• Scottish planning policy (2014)
• National planning framework (NPF)
• Scottish Energy Strategy: The future of energy in Scotland
• Onshore Wind Policy Statement
• Designing Streets
• National Roads Development Guide
• Creating Places (2013) - Policy Statement

Strategic development plans

• Aberdeen City and Shire Strategic Development Plan
• Edinburgh and South East Scotland
• Edinburgh and South East Scotland - Supplementary Guidance - Housing Land Technical Note - May 2014
• Edinburgh and South East Scotland - Supplementary Guidance - Housing Land - November 2014 
• Glasgow and Clyde Valley
• TAYPlan (Dundee, Angus, Perth and North Fife)

Local planning authority documents

• Aberdeen City Council
• Aberdeenshire Council
• Angus Council
• Argyll and Bute Council
• Cairngorms National Park Authority
• City of Edinburgh Council
• Clackmannanshire Council
• Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council)
• Dumfries and Galloway Council
• Dundee City Council
• East Ayrshire Council
• East Dunbartonshire Council
• East Lothian Council
• East Renfrewshire Council
• Falkirk Council
• Fife Council
• Glasgow City Council
• Highland Council
• Inverclyde Council
• Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park
• Midlothian Council
• Moray Council
• North Ayrshire Council
• North Lanarkshire Council
• Orkney Islands Council
• Perth and Kinross Council
• Renfrewshire Council
• Scottish Borders Council
• Shetland Islands Council
• South Ayrshire Council
• South Lanarkshire Council
• Stirling Council
• West Dunbartonshire Council
• West Lothian Council

Key agencies' documents - coming soon

• Architecture + Design Scotland
• Forestry Commission Scotland
• Historic Environment Scotland (HES)
• Scottish Enterprise
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency
• Scottish National Heritage
• Scottish Water
• Transport Scotland

Frequently used planning advice notes

• PAN 59 - Improving town centres
• PAN 60 - Planning for natural heritage
• PAN 61 - Planning and sustainable urban drainage systems
• PAN 62 - Radio Telecommunications
• PAN 65 - Planning and open space
• PAN 67 - Housing quality
• PAN 68 - Design statements
• PAN 69 - Online advice on flood risk
• PAN 71 - Conservation area management
• PAN 2/2010 - Affordable housing and housing land audits
• PAN 3/2010 - Community engagement
• PAN 1/2011 - Planning and noise
• PAN 1/2013 - Environmental impact assessment

Frequently used planning circulars

• The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment)(Scotland) Regulations 2011
• compulsory purchase orders
• houses in mulitple occupation: guidance on planning control and licensing
• planning obligations and good neighbour agreements
• planning appeals
• development planning

Full list of circulars, planning advice notes, letters from chief planner etc