ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring Mission to Edinburgh - Historic Scotland

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Historic Scotland has a number of linked but distinct roles in relation to the management of the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh. • On behalf of Scottish Ministers, Historic Scotland is responsible for selecting and nominating Scottish candidate sites for inclusion on the World Heritage Site list, as well as ensuring that the already inscribed sites in Scotland such as the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh are properly managed. • Historic Scotland has a statutory role within the planning system to protect Listed Buildings, Scheduled Monuments and Gardens and Designed Landscapes throughout Scotland. It is also consulted in relation to the demolition of non‐listed buildings within conservation areas. • Through its ‘Properties in Care’ group, Historic Scotland is also responsible for the management of two important sites within the World Heritage Site, which are Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse. 26
7. The Scottish Planning System ‐ General Overview The planning system deals with the future development and use of land and is principally administered by local authorities. Local Authorities are usually the 'Planning Authority' for their area and are responsible for preparing development plans, determining applications for planning permission and related consents and taking action against development that has been carried out without consent or in contravention of conditions. In Scotland, there are 34 planning authorities made up of the 32 local authorities plus Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority, which is the planning authority for all development control and local planning matters, and Cairngorms National Park Authority, which has a more limited “call‐in” role in development control. 7.1 Development Plans A Development Plan is made up of two parts ‐ the Structure Plan and the Local Plan. Together they set out how much development may take place, where it will take place, where it is unlikely to be allowed. Planning applications will normally be determined in line with the Development Plan for an area. They contain policies for the future development and use of land in an area and cover a wide range of issues such as housing, transport, employment, shopping, recreation, urban design and conserving and protecting the countryside. The Structure Plan for an area takes a long‐term view of development, considering its general scale and broadly where it should be located. Each planning authority area is covered by a Structure Plan normally either prepared in conjunction with neighbouring planning authorities or independently. Following consultation with the public and other interested people and organisations, the Structure Plan is submitted to Scottish Ministers for approval. Local Plans are usually for smaller areas and must accord with the Structure Plan. They set out more detailed policies and proposals to guide development and are the subject of widespread public consultation on their content. After considering all representations and possibly making changes in light of these, planning authorities will notify the Local Plan to Scottish Ministers prior to it’s adoption. Local Plan are adopted as the basis for their decision making in that area. They cannot do this if the Local Plan is not in line with the approved Structure Plan. 27
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