Planning Advice Note 79: water and drainage

Planning Advice Note (PAN) 79 provides advice for planning authorities about setting the direction of development to inform the planning and delivery of new water infrastructure.

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Footnotes

1 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2004/02/18880/32952

2 See http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/Water/17583/directionsfor further information

3 Paragraph 27 of Scottish Ministers' Statement of Policy Regarding Charges, as required under section 29D of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002, September 2005.

4 See SEPA's website: http://www.sepa.org.uk/policies/index.htm

5 As set out in Section 25 of the Town and Country (Scotland) Planning Act 1997

6 MoU between Scottish Water and Scottish Environment Protection Agency on the Management of Development Constraints caused by Sewerage Systems and Waste Water Treatment Works http://www.scottishwater.co.uk/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/SWE_PGP_CONNECTIONS/SWE_CORP_CONNECTIONS/SWE_STRATEGIC_PLANNING/1008_001.PDF

7 The White Paper Modernising the Planning System (June 2005) signals the change in terminology from 'development control' to 'development management'. The latter term is used throughout this PAN.

8 The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2005, Schedule 3, Part 1, and Activities 10 & 11

9 http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/30701/0011715.pdf

10 For more information see Scottish Water's 'Guide to Obtaining New Water and Waste Water Services'. http://www.scottishwater.co.uk/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/SWE_PGP_CONNECTIONS/SWE_CORP_CONNECTIONS/SWE_CORP_PLANDEV/TECHNICAL_GUIDE.SINGLE_WEB_75.PDF

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