Planning

Legislation covering the process for making Masterplan Consent Area (MCA) schemes came into force yesterday.

A summary of responses to a consultation on resourcing Scotland’s planning system has been published by the Scottish Government.

Scotland’s new National Planning Improvement Champion is calling for ideas on what a high-performing planning system looks like and what impact it has. Scottish Construction Now has been reporting extensively on Scotland's broken planning system over the past month.

The Scottish Government has published Circular 2/2022 on planning fees which provides guidance on provisions within the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) Regulations 2022 as amended.

Some of Scotland’s highest-profile housing and planning organisations are calling for a pause on proposals to revamp the country’s infrastructure and town planning systems. Steven Tolson, Professor Duncan Maclennan, Nicola Barclay and Tony Cain are among the signatories to a letter calli