Planning Services
Welcome to Planning Services
The South Ayrshire Planning Service is here to help you. If you wish further information
about the contents of the online planning pages or advice on a specific part of
the planning service please contact us.
The Planning Service is undergoing a period of transformation and change. Part of
that change is a drive for continuous improvement of the quality of the service
we deliver, and a comprehensive assessment and managing of the levels of performance
that we achieve. Documents relating to this can be found on the Service Improvement and Performance web page.
To continue with improvements to our practices and procedures, we intend to issue decision notices
only from 1st January 2010. Copies of drawings to which the decision relates will therefore no
longer accompany a decision notice. The drawings to which these decisions relate are specified
within the decision notice and will be published via the Council’s web-site until such time as
the right of appeal has expired.
Changes affecting the Planning Service (Planning Reforms)
Planning legislation in Scotland affecting the processing of planning applications
and the right of appeal is changing on 3rd August 2009. View how the Government’s
changes will affect the planning application process in South Ayrshire.
Planning Jargon Buster: Guide to Terms and Words Used in the Planning System
The Planning Service has produced a list of planning terms and their meanings. This list is updated as often as possible to include comments from members of the public and new terms from changes to legislation and new planning policy documents. This guide is intended to provide a simple and quick explanation of terms and phrases used within the planning system.
Glossary of Planning Terms
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