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PANs, NPPGs, SPPs

SPPs, NPPGs and PANs are government-published planning policies, guidelines and notes, which Local Authorities are supposed to take into account when considering planning matters.  There follows a full list (as at end 2006). The documents may be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library

  • SPP 1 The Planning System
  • SPP 2 Economic Development
  • SPP 3 Planning for Housing
  • NPPG 4 Land for Mineral Working
  • NPPG 5 Archaeology and Planning
  • NPPG 6 Renewable Energy Developments
  • NPPG 7 Planning and Flooding
  • NPPG 8 Town Centres and Retailing
  • NPPG 9 The Provision of Roadside Facilities on Motorways and Trunk Roads in Scotland
  • NPPG 10 Planning and Waste Management
  • NPPG 11 Sport, Physical Recreation and Open Space
  • NPPG 12 Skiing Developments
  • NPPG 13 Coastal Planning
  • NPPG 14 Natural Heritage
  • NPPG 15 Rural Development
  • NPPG 16 Opencast Coal and Related Minerals
  • NPPG 17 Transport and Planning
  • NPPG 18 Planning and the Historic Environment
  • NPPG 19 Radio Communications
  • PAN 33 Development of Contaminated Land
  • PAN 36 Siting and Design of New Housing in the Countryside
  • PAN 37 Structure Planning
  • PAN 38 Housing Land
  • PAN 39 Farm and Forestry Buildings
  • PAN 40 Development Control
  • PAN 41 Development Plan Departures
  • PAN 42 Archaeology and Planning
  • PAN 43 Golf Courses and Associated Developments
  • PAN 44 Fitting New Housing Development into the Landscape14
  • PAN 45 Renewable Energy Technologies
  • PAN 46 Planning for Crime Prevention
  • PAN 47 Community Councils and Planning
  • PAN 48 Planning Application Forms
  • PAN 49 Local Planning
  • PAN 50 Controlling the Environmental Effects of Surface Mineral Workings
  • PAN 51 Planning and Environmental Protection
  • PAN 52 Planning in Small Towns
  • PAN 53 Classifying the Coast for Planning Purposes
  • PAN 54 Planning Enforcement
  • PAN 55 PFI and the Planning Process
  • PAN 56 Planning and Noise
  • PAN 57 Transport and Planning
  • PAN 58 Environmental Impact Assessment
  • PAN 59 Improving Town Centres
  • PAN 60 Planning for Natural Heritage
  • PAN 61 Planning and Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
  • PAN 62 Radio Telecommunications
  • PAN 63 Waste Management Planning
  • PAN 64 Reclamation of Surface Mineral Workings
  • PAN 65 Planning and Open Space
  • PAN 66 Best Practice in Handling Planning Applications Affecting Trunk Roads
  • PAN 67 Housing Quality
  • PAN 68 Design Statements