Apply for planning permission

The Scottish Government has set new fees for planning applications which will take effect from 1st June 2017. These changes primarily affect the fees that will be paid for larger scale developments. View the new schedule of fees.

Apply online

Submit your planning application via the ePlanning Scotland website. Please consider submitting your application, where possible, online.

The Heads of Planning Scotland has produced a guidance note on the national standards for the validation of planning and other related consents in Scotland. This is a best practice guide and is a useful resource for understanding the information that should accompany applications. This document is available to view at Heads of Planning Scotland.

Paper form

Whilst you can still submit your planning application using a paper form, please be aware that it will take longer for your application to be received and validated. The paper forms can be found on the ePlanning Scotland website.

Other application forms

The following forms are available for downloading:

• Pre-Application Form
• Notification of Initiation of Development Form
• Site Notice while Development is in Progress Form
• Notification of Completion of Development Form
• Non Material Variation
• Prior Notification of Gas and Electricity Development
• Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 Section 50 Application Form and Notes for Guidance (Planning)
• Proposal of Application Notice Form
• Hazardous Substances Consent Form

Please complete and return your form, together with all necessary information and fee (if required) to:

The Planning Service,
Burns House,
Burns Statue Square,
Ayr KA7 1UT

Fees and processing

• Fee Schedule 2017
• Fees for Non-Material Variations to Planning Permission
• Service Standard: Planning Application Process
• Service Standard: Major Development Planning Applications
• Planning Applications Procedure
• Processing Agreement Template and Guidance

Guidance notes

• Planning Protocol Prestwick Enterprise Area
• National Planning Protocol Enterprise Areas
• Draft Single Point of Contact for Economic Development Proposals
• Pre-Application Protocol Guidance
• General Guidance Notes for Applicants and Agents on the Processing of Planning Applications
• Guidance Notes for Pre-Application Consultations for Developers (national and major applications)
• Protocol for Planning Liaison with Key Internal Stakeholders on Planning Applications for Major and National Developments (draft yet to be approved)
• List of OS Map Providers
• Guidance on preferred types and formats of documentation submitted to support planning applications
• HOPS Guidance on the Validation and Determination of Planning Applications