Planning - the value, incidence and impact of developer contributions: research

Footnotes

1 Scottish Government (2019) 'Transforming Planning in Practice – Post-Bill Work Programme

2 The rationale for using planning conditions was discussed in both the case studies and the roundtables.

3 See Table 26, page 99.

4 informed by Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification 2016

5 National Records of Scotland Mid-2019 Population Estimates (updated April 2020)

6 Aberdeen City and Shire Strategic Development Planning Authority v Elsick Development Co Ltd [2017]

7 These figures are grossed up for non-response.

8 NPF3 and Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) contain limited information on developer contributions

9 This high proportion may also reflect the recession and the low level of new build activity during the time of the study.

10 Note: Combines survey categories 'a great deal' and 'a lot'

11 The numbers in these tables may not correspond with Scottish Government statistics, in part because the 'commercial' designation does not coincide with official definitions of planning classes.

12 Our survey also asked about S48 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, but no planning authorities reported making agreements under this provision in the preceding three years. Scottish Government planning statistics report agreements under S69 and S75 only.

13 The lower figure is based on the proportion of developer contributions reported in the survey responses, while the higher is based on population.

14 The two national park authorities were omitted from this analysis as their populations are not reported separately.