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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