http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/155/regulation/13The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013texttext/xmlenStatute Law DatabaseTOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING2026-03-04Expert Participation2026-03-02 These Regulations make provision for the manner in which applications for planning permission, for approvals required by a condition imposed on a grant of planning permission in principle and for certificates of lawful use and development under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (“the Act”) are to be made. These Regulations apply to all applications made on or after 3rd August 2009. The also apply to the limited extent provided for in Part 10 in respect of applications made before that date but not determined by that date. PART 3 131Subject to paragraph (3), an application for planning permission for development belonging to the categories of national developments or major developments must be accompanied by a design and access statement.2Subject to paragraph (3), an application for planning permission for development belonging to the category of local developments where the land to which the application relates is situated within—aa World Heritage Site;ba conservation area;ca historic garden or designed landscape;da National Scenic Area;ethe site of a scheduled monument; orfthe curtilage of a category A listed building,must be accompanied by a design statement other than where the development in question comprises the alteration or extension of an existing building.3This regulation does not apply to—aan application for planning permission made under section 42 of the Act;ban application for planning permission for—iengineering or mining operations;iihouseholder development; oriiia material change in the use of land or buildings; orcan application for planning permission in principle.4A design statement is a written statement about the design principles and concepts that have been applied to the development and which—aexplains the policy or approach adopted as to design and how any policies relating to design in the development plan have been taken into account;bdescribes the steps taken to appraise the context of the development and demonstrates how the design of the development takes that context into account in relation to its proposed use; andcstates what, if any, consultation has been undertaken on issues relating to the design principles and concepts that have been applied to the development and what account has been taken of the outcome of any such consultation.5A design and access statement is a document containing both a design statement and written statement about how issues relating to access to the development for disabled people have been dealt with and which—aexplains the policy or approach adopted as to such access and, in particular, how—ipolicies relating to such access in the development plan have been taken into account; andiiany specific issues which might affect access to the development for disabled people have been addressed;bdescribes how features which ensure access to the development for disabled people will be maintained; andcstates what, if any, consultation has been undertaken on issues relating to access to the development for disabled people and what account has been taken of the outcome of any such consultation.6In this regulation “conservation area” means an area for the time being designated under section 61 of the Listed Buildings Act (designation of conservation areas).1997 c.9.