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Publication - Advice and guidance

Biodiversity: planning guidance

Published
17 December 2025
Directorate
Planning, Architecture and Regeneration Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design, Environment and climate change
ISBN
9781806435159

Sets out expectations for implementing and delivering National Planning Framework (NPF) 4 policies which support the cross-cutting NPF4 outcome 'improving biodiversity'.

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5. Next steps

Living document

5.1 This Guidance document is written and designed to be a ‘living document’. It is our intention that it will be updated as practice beds in across Planning Authorities. We welcome feedback on how Policy 3 is being implemented across Scotland and how this guidance document is being used to assist implementation and delivery. Please email DirectorPAR@gov.scot with any comments you wish to make.

Contact

Email: DirectorPAR@gov.scot

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