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Demand for Commercial Development Assessment
Scotland wide
Client

Scottish Futures Trust

Size

4 month study

Service

Research

Region

Scotland

Description

Investigation into how demand for commercial development (Use Classes 4, 5 and 6) is assessed to support planning reform by advising on whether demand analysis is undertaken comprehensively, consistently and in a coordinated fashion.
The report considered how current and future demand is assessed and examined national, regional, local authority and below LDP levels of planning hierarchy.

Outcome

1
Identified inconsistencies across Scottish local authorities in calculating the total employment land requirements and recommended strategies to ensure land use planning is based on robust assessment
2
The study is regularly cited as best practice guidance for land use planning in Scotland.
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