Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 6 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the updated draft fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4), and whether it will consult on the updated draft NPF4 once it is published.
On 22 June I wrote to the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee, confirming that I now intend to lay a revised NPF4 in the Scottish Parliament in the autumn. This is in order to ensure there is sufficient time to give full consideration to the detailed responses submitted during the consultation period and to ensure that the finalised version is robust for the important role NPF4 will have in the planning system. Once we have assessed the scale of changes to be made following the public consultation and Scottish Parliament scrutiny of the draft NPF4, I will be in a position to decide whether further consultation is necessary.