National Planning Framework and local development plans - proposals for amending regulations: consultation

Impact Assessments

84. The Scottish Government is required to consider the impacts of proposed policies, plans or strategic decisions in relation to equalities, various societal groups and sectors, data protection and the environment, under a range of legislation and commitments.

85. The following impact assessments or relevant screening for them have been completed in relation to proposals for regulations on the procedures to amend the National Planning Framework (NPF) and local development plans (LDPs):

• Equalities Impact Assessment (EQIA)
• Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA)
• Fairer Scotland Duty (FSD)
• Islands Communities Impact Assessment (ICIA)
• Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA) – Partial
• Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)
• Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)

86. Given the amendment regulations will be procedural in nature, we have screened out most of the impact assessments, as the impacts of the wider documents and policies have been considered through previous assessments. Further details of this and the assessments themselves are set out in the paper published alongside this consultation paper. The following questions relate to those impact assessments.

Question 25:

To what extent do you agree with our approach to the impact assessments for the proposed regulations?

• Strongly agree
• Agree
• Neutral
• Disagree
• Strongly Disagree

Where applicable, please give reasons for your answer.