Major Developments For General Interest

Draft Regulations have been published containing details of developments which will be considered "major" in relation to the development hierarchy to be introduced under the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006. The Regulations are due to come into force on 6 April 2009.

There are no great surprises - the categories having been consulted on - but the following is a list of the more significant categories of major development:

• Any development coming under Schedule 1 to the Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999(a), other than exempt development within the meaning of those Regulations;
• Housing developments of 50 or more houses or which are on sites of 2 or more hectares;