Effective community engagement in local development planning guidance: impact assessments

These impact assessments have informed the preparation the effective community engagement in local development planning consultation draft guidance. The assessments are being made available for comment in advance of their finalisation and finalisation of the guidance.


Footnotes

1 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

2 Planning (Scotland) Act 2019

3 The Town and Country Planning (Development Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 & Guidance, Impact Assessments (2023)

4 Local Development Planning Guidance (2023)

5 Equality Evidence Finder

6 Scotland 2045: fourth National Planning Framework – draft: society and equalities impact assessment (2021)

7 National Planning Framework 4: Position Statement, Youth engagement Report (2021)

8 The Town and Country Planning (Development Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 & Guidance, Impact Assessments (2023)

9 The National Plan for Scotland’s Islands (2019)

10 Planning Bill - post stage 2: equality impact assessment (2019)

11 Planning Bill - post stage 2: island communities impact assessment (2019)

12 Scotland 2045: fourth National Planning Framework - draft: society and equalities impact assessment (2021)

13 The National Plan for Scotland's Islands (2019)

14 Mid-year Population Estimates, 2020: Report (2021)

15 https://www.transport.gov.scot/publication/transport-and-travel-in-scotland-2020-results-from-the-scottish-household-survey-pdf-version/ (2022)

16 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland, Mid 2016 (2018)

17 Connected Nations 2019 Scotland report (2020)

18 National Islands Plan Survey Final Report (2021)

19 Young People and the Highlands and Islands: Maximising Opportunities (2018)

20 National Planning Framework 4 - draft: consultation analysis (2022)

21 The Town and Country Planning (Development Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 & Guidance, Impact Assessments (2023)

22 Planning Advice Note 3/2010: community engagement (2010)

23 National Planning Framework 4 – Call for Ideas response from Orkney Islands Council

24 Scottish household survey 2019: annual report (2020)

25 Scottish household survey 2020 – telephone survey: key findings (2022)

26 Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment: Toolkit (2022)

27 Planning (Scotland) Bill Revised Financial Memorandum (2019)

28 The Town and Country Planning (Development Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 & Guidance, Impact Assessments

29 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

30 Planning (Scotland) Act 2019

31 Environmental Assessment Scotland Act (2005)

32 Mid-Year Population Estimates Scotland, Mid-2019 (2020)

33 Scottish household survey 2019: annual report (2020)

34 National Islands Plan Survey Final Report (2021)

35 Transport and Travel in Scotland 2018 (2019)

36 Scottish household survey 2018: annual report (2019)

37 Population Projections for Scottish Areas 2018-based (2020)

38 Scottish household survey 2019: annual report (2020)

39 National Performance Framework, National Indicator Performance

40 A Fairer Scotland for Older People: framework for action (2019)

41 Planning Review: Young Scot survey results (2017)

42 National Islands Plan Survey Final Report (2021)

43 Young People and the Highlands and Islands: Maximising Opportunities (2018)

44 Child and adolescent health and wellbeing: evidence review (2018)

45 Young people's participation in decision making: attitudes and perceptions (2020)

46 Democracy matters to children (2019)

47 Young Gypsy/Travellers Discuss the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - Children and Young People’s Evidence Bank (2018)

48 Health Inequalities: Peer Research into the role of communities (2020)

49 Scot Youth and COVID 2: Young People’s Participation Through Crisis - The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland (2021)

50 National Performance Framework - disability perspective: analysis (2021)

51 Fourth National Planning Framework Position Statement, Analysis of Responses to the Consultation (2021)

52 Our Fourth National Planning Framework, Analysis of Responses to the Consultation Exercise (2022)

53 2011 Census: Key Results from Releases 2A to 2D | Scotland's Census (2021)

54 House of Commons Women and Equity Committee: Building for Equality: Disability and the Built Environment (2017)

55 Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2015: Attitudes to Social Networks, Civic Participation and Co-production (2016)

56 Supercharged: A Human Catastrophe • Glasgow Disability Alliance (2020)

57 Equality Evidence Finder: Rural and Environment

58 Mid-2018 population estimates Scotland, All Tables, estimated population by age and sex (2019)

59 Planning and Community Involvement in Scotland - Research Findings (2004)

60 ‘Hard to reach’ or ‘easy to ignore’? Promoting equality in community engagement – Evidence review | What Works Scotland (2017)

61 Scotland’s People Annual Report: Results from the 2015 Scottish Household Survey (2016)

62 United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); General Recommendation No. 35 on gender-based violence against women, updating general recommendation No. 19 (2017)

63 The National Trust for Scotland Heritage Observatory briefing note (2017) referenced in Consultation Paper: Guidance on the promotion and use of Mediation in the Scottish planning system (2020)

64 First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls 2019 Report and Recommendations (2019)

65 Referenced in the Planning (Scotland) Bill – Post Stage 2: Equality Impact Assessment, Updated June 2019, Executive Summary (2019)

66 Gender and Spatial Planning: Royal Town Planning Institute good practice note 7 - Oxfam Policy & Practice (2007)

67 Scottish Health and Inequality Impact Assessment Network (SHIIAN) Report, Health Impact Scoping of Public Places Guidance (2020)

68 Consultation on the Modernisation of the Planning System with 'Seldom Heard' Groups (2009)

69 Handbook for Gender-Inclusive Urban Planning and Design (2020)

70 Local Governance Review: analysis of responses to Democracy Matters (2019)

71 Gypsy/Travellers in Scotland - A Comprehensive Analysis of the 2011 Census (2015)

72 Young Gypsy/Travellers Discuss the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - Children and Young People’s Evidence Bank (2018)

73 Scottish Household Survey 2019 as referenced in the Local Government and Third Sector section of the Equality Evidence Finder

Contact

Email: communityengagementguidance@gov.scot

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