Chamber and committees

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

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Meeting Agenda

28th Meeting, 2024

• Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024
• Session: 6
• Location: www.scottishparliament.tv
• Start time: 09:00am
• Published: Thursday, October 24, 2024 03:19pm

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1 Declaration of interests

Alexander Stewart MSP and Meghan Gallagher MSP will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

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2 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 7-12 in private.

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3 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the following SSIs

• Town and Country Planning (Amendment of National Planning Framework) (Scotland) Regulations 2024;
  

• Masterplan Consent Area Scheme (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024;

• Town and Country Planning (Amendment of Local Development Plan) (Scotland) Regulations 2024; and

• Town and Country Planning (Masterplan Consent Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 

from—

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Witnesses

Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance, Scottish Government

Kristen Anderson, Head of Development Planning, Scottish Government

Ruairidh Anderson, Senior Policy Manager, Scottish Government

William Carlin, Senior Policy Manager, Scottish Government

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PublicPaper1 posted 24/10/2024 (Ref: LGHP/S6/24/28/1, 168KB, pdf)

LGHP/S6/24/28/2(P) (Private Paper)

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4 Subordinate legislation

Minister for Public Finance to move—S6M-14644— That the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee recommends that the Town and Country Planning (Amendment of National Planning Framework) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved.

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5 Subordinate legislation

Minister for Public Finance to move—S6M-14815— That the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee recommends that the Masterplan Consent Area Scheme (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 [draft] be approved.

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6 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—

• Town and Country Planning (Masterplan Consent Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

• Town and Country Planning (Amendment of Local Development Plan) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

• Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024

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PublicPaper3 posted 24/10/2024 (Ref: LGHP/S6/24/28/3, 94KB, pdf)

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7 Consideration of evidence

The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting under item 3.

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8 Pre-Budget Scrutiny

The Committee will consider a draft letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government.

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LGHP/S6/24/28/4(P) (Private Paper)

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9 Tracker report 2023-24

The Committee will consider a draft report.

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LGHP/S6/24/28/5(P) (Private Paper)

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10 Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committees inquiry into Framework legislation and Henry VIII powers

The Committee will consider a draft response to the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee.

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LGHP/S6/24/28/6(P) (Private Paper)

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11 Scrutiny of Ombudsman, Regulators, Commissions and Commissioner accountable to the Committee

The Committee will further consider its approach to the inquiry.

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LGHP/S6/24/28/7(P) (Private Paper)

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12 Short-term Lets

The Committee will further consider its approach to the implementation update.

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LGHP/S6/24/28/8(P) (Private Paper)

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13 Housing (Scotland) Bill (in private)

The Committee will further consider a draft Stage 1 report.

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LGHP/S6/24/28/9(P) (Private Paper)

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