A Chief Planner letter has (today) been issued to all heads of planning outlining that we have decided to withdraw the Draft Planning Delivery Advice: Housing and Infrastructure, effective from 1st December 2017. This will allow us to focus our resources on the changes emerging from the planning review. Despite the withdrawal of the advice, there remains a strong policy position on planning for housing which is set out in Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) and supported by PAN 2/2010. We will consider the scope to improve on this when we come to review SPP in due course, aligned to and reflecting the outputs of the planning review. We have recently published targeted guidance on Build to Rent Housing and will consider publishing other elements of guidance contained within the Draft Delivery Advice as separate online advice. The letter can be viewed on our website. If you have any questions relating to the above, please contact my colleague Michael Westwater on 0131 244 5906 |