John McNairney

Scotland’s chief planner has written to all planning authorities to stress that no decisions have yet been taken in respect of housing and planning policy – the subject of a consultation due to end next month (9 October).

Scottish chief planner John McNairney and the devolved government’s planning minister Kevin Stewart have written to the country’s planning authorities to outline the profession’s response to the easing of the Covid-19 lockdown. 

The Scottish Government is set to suspend the requirement to consult face to face on major and national developments during the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown. 

Scotland’s chief planner John McNairney has forecast that it will take two years for the country’s new planning system to be up and fully running now that the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 is on the statute books.