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Planning Advice Note Housing in the Countryside
Concluding remarks
There will continue to be a need for new houses in the countryside and this demand will have to be accommodated. Although we are sensitive about our landscapes, they are evolutionary, not static. Most are able to accommodate some degree of change.
This change can be positive, if it is well planned. The location and appearance of each new house must be determined with care and thought, as short-term thinking can have a long-term impact on the landscape.
Every settlement should have its own distinctive identity. This is determined in part by the local characteristics of the area's architectural style of individual buildings and the relationship of these buildings to each other.
The key messages are to:
- set the scale of change that is acceptable;
- establish a clear policy framework which promotes opportunities to create sustainable and affordable new homes, and apply it consistently;
- ensure that developments enhance local character; and make a positive contribution.
Creating new homes represents an important challenge for all concerned. Together, we must ensure that today's new developments have the quality and integrity to form the Conservation Areas and listed buildings of the future.
New housing, Duisdale, Skye, Highlands
Steel and timber conservatory, Perth & Kinross
Acknowledgements
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Aberdeenshire Council
Acanthus Architects
Anderson Bell + Christie
Andrew Bradford
Andrew Rodger
Benjamin Tindall Architects
Clare Tierney
Cork County Council
Crofters Commission
Dualchas Building Design
Eric Ellington
James Denholm Partnership Architects
Leslie Hunter
Mike Finnie
Mandy Ketchin, Simpson and Brown
Moray Council
Norman Brockie
Renzo Mazzolini
Rural Design
Shetland Islands Council
Enquiries
Enquiries about the content of this Planning Advice Note
should be addressed to Susan Stirling, Planning,
Scottish Executive Development Department,
2H Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ.
Telephone 0131 244 7551.
Email susan.stirling@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Further copies of this PAN and a list of SPPs,
NPPGs and PANs can be obtained by telephoning
0131 244 7543. A copy of this PAN is also available
on the Scottish Executive website: www.scotland.gov.uk/planning
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