Scotland and Northern Ireland

Local Government Websites - Provides links to all the local government websites in Scotland & Northern Ireland

The Scottish Parliament - The Website of the Scottish Parliament, the legislative body for Scotland.

Scottish Inquiry Reporters Unit - The unit handles planning appeals in Scotland.

Scottish Executive - The overall objective is to maintain and develop the statutory planning framework, and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its operation in safeguarding environmental quality, providing development opportunities and ensuring public involvement.

Northern Ireland Office - The role of the Northern Ireland Office is to support the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in securing a lasting peace, based on the Good Friday Agreement, in which the rights and identities of all traditions in Northern Ireland are fully respected and safeguarded and in which a safe, stable, just, open and tolerant society can thrive and prosper.

Northern Ireland Planning Service - Development planning involves setting out detailed policies and specific proposals for the development and use of land in Northern Ireland. The plans produced provide an important frame of reference for proposals by developers and for the determination of planning applications.

Planning Appeals Commission - The Planning Appeals Commission, often referred to as the PAC, is an independent appellate body established under statute to deal with a wide range of land-use planning issues and related matters in Northern Ireland.