
Development management and National Scenic Areas
A stricter development control regime applies in NSAs, and permitted development rights are more limited than elsewhere. We must be consulted on certain categories of development.
A stricter development control regime applies in NSAs, and permitted development rights are more limited than elsewhere. We must be consulted on certain categories of development.
Below are lists of activities for which different rules apply within National Scenic Areas (NSAs) in regard to planning procedures. These rules are set out in Scottish Development Department (SDD) Circular 9/1987 and the General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) 1992 as amended.
For items under a. and b. below, Scottish Ministers must be notified of an application that a planning authority is minded to approve either:
Ministers have 28 days (or such longer period as stated) to call-in the case or inform the planning authority to proceed to determination.
a. Activities requiring a planning application and consultation with NatureScot: [SDD Circular 9/1987]
b. Activities that are normally ‘permitted development’ but whose permitted development status is withdrawn, and which require a planning application and consultation with NatureScot: [SDD Circular 9/1987]
c. Activities that are normally permitted development but not in NSAs – therefore they require a planning application (but no statutory consultation with NatureScot). [from (GPDO) 1992 as amended]