Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 7 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide specific policy advice for planning authorities to assist in considering planning applications for crematoria.
Following the report of an Independent Panel earlier this year, we will publish a consultation paper on potential changes to the planning system in Scotland in the next few weeks. Following that consultation we will bring forward proposed changes to the planning system, including a Planning Bill. This will be supported by updated planning policy in due course, and planning policy on crematoria will be considered in the next iteration of Scottish Planning Policy.