Consultation on Development Plan 2025
Consultation on the Development Plan Scheme 17 (2025) will take place from Monday 8 December 2025 until Monday 2 February 2026.
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Upcoming changes to planning fees and introduction of fees for appealing to Scottish Ministers and Local Review Bodies - 9 June 2025.
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Effective from 1 July 2025 - Introducing waived or reduced fees for a not for profit enterprise or a social enterprise.
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Are you currently preparing or considering a Local Place Plan for your area? If so, we want to hear from you. Complete and return the Local Place Plan enquiry form and we will be in touch shortly.
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The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended) requires that each planning authority must appoint a Chief Planning Officer. Our Chief Planning Officer is Graeme Marsden (MRTPI).
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In 2023 the council asked engineering specialists to undertake inspections, focused on establishing the extent and condition of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) within buildings.
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- Land around QMU
- Building Standards performance
- Former Cockenzie Power Station site
- Historic Environment and Planning
- Natural Environment and Planning
- New development: Blindwells
- Planning Aid Scotland
- Planning Enforcement
- Planning Processing Agreements
- Street naming and numbering process
- Tree conservation and tree works
- Discretionary charging for the Planning Service from 1 April 2023