The Town and Country Planning (National Planning Framework and Local Development Plan Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 - Impact Assessments
These impact assessments relate to the proposed procedures for preparing
amendments to National Planning Framework and Local Development Plans. The plans prepared using those procedures will themselves be subject to assessments of the impact of their content.
Fairer Scotland Duty (FSD) Assessment
Assessment not required declaration
Policy title
The Town and Country Planning (National Planning Framework and Local Development Plan Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024
Directorate: Local Government and Housing
Division: Planning, Architecture and Regeneration Division
Team: Planning Transformation
Policy lead responsible for taking the decision: Ruairidh Anderson
Rationale for decision:
We consider that a FSD assessment is not necessary for the proposed regulations for the amendment of National Planning Framework and Local Development Plans.
A previous FSD assessment was undertaken to support the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019, which laid out the details of NPF4 and changes to the planning system, including provision to amend NPF and LDPs. A FSD assessment was also developed as part of the drafting process for NPF4, drawing on a range of primary and other source documents including a Call for Ideas plus a public consultation on a Position Statement. Additionally, a FSD for the Development Planning Regulations and Guidance found they were drafted to help ensure people have opportunities to be meaningfully involved in plan making, and to provide a fairer, more inclusive and equalities based approach to planning the future, tackling spatial aspects of inequalities by promoting use of place-based approaches. Amendment provisions will allow plans to be updated to address issues.
We do not believe that a further FSD assessment is required for these regulations. The amendment regulations are procedural in nature, and do not represent a strategic decision. Their provisions should not have any direct implications for inequalities arising from socio-economic disadvantage or other similar issues that have not already been covered elsewhere.
I confirm that the decision to not carry out a Fairer Scotland assessment has been authorised by:
Name and job title of Deputy Director (or equivalent)
Fiona Simpson, Chief Planner
Date authorisation given: 06/02/2024
Contact
Email: AmendmentRegs@gov.scot
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