Scotland 2045: fourth National Planning Framework - draft: society and equalities impact assessment

3. Mitigation, enhancement and monitoring

Recommendations for mitigation are contained within the individual assessments. Policy areas of particular focus include: participation, housing and accommodation, spaces and places, connectivity (both transport and digital), plus on health and wellbeing.

The Scottish Government has committed to working with a range of stakeholders to develop an appropriate monitoring programme for NPF4 that allows us to assess progress and take action where required. Monitoring will be required at both a national and local level and will be proportionate and effective.

An agreed monitoring programme will complement, and potentially combine, wider planning performance work including Planning Performance Frameworks and Royal Town Planning Institute work on monitoring outcomes, as well as reflecting national outcomes set out in the National Performance Framework^[4].