Conservation Areas - Scotland

Under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 a local authority may determine which parts of its area are of special architectural or historic interest and may designate these as Conservation Areas. The public will normally be consulted on any proposal to designate conservation areas or to change their boundaries.There are over 600 Conservation Areas in Scotland. Many were designated in the early 1970s, but some have since been re-designated, merged, renamed, given smaller or larger boundaries and new ones have been added. They can cover historic land, battlefields, public parks, designed landscapes or railways but most contain groups of buildings extending over areas of a village, town or city. Further planning controls on development can be made by way of an Article 4 Direction, which may or may not be associated with a Conservation Area.

An Article 4 Direction is not a conservation designation but an additional control within such areas. It is a statement made under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011. The Direction, made by a local authority and approved by Scottish Ministers, removes all or some of the permitted development rights on an area.

The effect of a Direction is that planning permission will be required for specific types of development which would otherwise be regarded as 'permitted development', i.e. development that does not require a planning application. Directions can cover a variety of minor works and might include: the replacement of doors and windows, the erection of gates, fences, garages, sheds, porches, storage tanks or the installation of satellite antennae.

This dataset should be used in conjunction with the Article 4 Directions dataset also published on a Scotland-wide basis.

根据《苏格兰1997年规划（历史建筑和保护区）法案》，地方当局有权确定其区域内哪些部分具有特殊的建筑或历史兴趣，并可将其指定为保护区。公众通常会对指定保护区或更改其边界的任何提议进行咨询。苏格兰共有超过600个保护区。许多保护区是在20世纪70年代初指定的，但自那时以来，一些保护区已被重新指定、合并、更名，边界有所缩小或扩大，并新增了一些保护区。这些保护区可以涵盖历史土地、战场、公共公园、设计景观或铁路，但大多数保护区包含跨越村庄、城镇或城市地区的建筑群。可以通过《第四条指令》的方式对开发实施进一步的规划控制，这种指令可能与保护区相关，也可能无关。《第四条指令》并非保护区指定，而是在此类区域内的额外控制措施。它是在《苏格兰城镇和乡村规划（一般许可开发）修正令2011》下作出的声明。由地方当局制定并由苏格兰部长批准的指令，可以取消该区域的所有或部分许可开发权利。《指令》的影响是，对于原本被视为‘许可开发’（即无需规划申请的开发）的特定类型开发，将需要规划许可。指令可以涵盖各种小型工程，可能包括：门和窗户的更换、栅栏、车库、棚屋、门廊、储罐或卫星天线的安装。此数据集应与在同一苏格兰范围内发布的《第四条指令》数据集一起使用。