Chamber and committees

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Agenda: 27 May 2025

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

16th Meeting, 2025

Start time: 08:30am

Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room

Agenda items:

Decision on taking business in private
Subordinate legislation
Subordinate legislation
Housing (Scotland) Bill
Annual report

Agenda published: Wednesday, 28 May 2025 09:14am

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1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 in private.

2. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/124) and the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Local Reviews) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/126) from—

Ivan McKee
Minister for Public Finance
Scottish Government

Thomas Barratt
Head of Development Management
Scottish Government

Scott Ferrie
Deputy Director, Chief Report Planning Environmental Appeals
Scottish Government

Andy Kinnaird
Head of Transforming Planning
Scottish Government

Chris Sinclair
Policy Manager
Scottish Government

Papers for this item:

PublicPaper1 (252KB, pdf) posted 22 May 2025

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item

3. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—

Town and Country Planning (Fees for Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/124)

Town and Country Planning (Fees for Local Reviews) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/126)

4. Housing (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 5).

5. Annual report

The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 12 May 2024 to 13 May 2025.