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Scotland's Planning System: A Community Guide

The planning system in Scotland controls how and where new houses, industry, parks and other developments are built.  The system shapes the land around us and affects how we live, work, travel and interact with the environment.

Friends of the Earth Scotland works to influence the Government's planning policy on topics such as housing, waste, micro-renewables and power generation. We don't have the resources to be involved in individual cases across Scotland and rely on local groups and activists to fight local campaigns.

To help local campaigners we have published Scotland's Planing System: A Community Guide and this mini-site to aid people seeking to influence developments in their local area.

Friends of the Earth Scotland is an environmental charity based in Scotland
5 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PR. Tel: 0131 243 2700. Registered charity number SC003442