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Article 4 Directions - Scotland

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An Article 4 Direction 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.

Article 4 Directions complement Conservation Areas and may overlap these. This dataset should be used alongside Conservation Areas when considering built environment heritage constraints on development.

Dataset Created
07/12/2021
Licence
Open
Contact
Improvement Service
Nazadnje posodobljeno
15/01/2026
Data Provided by
Improvement Service
Alternative Name
a4d
Lineage
This dataset was amalgamated, optimised and published by the Spatial Hub. This is an amalgamation of two prior datasets, Conservation Areas and Article 4 Directions, which in many cases overlap equally. These cases are assumed to indicate Conservation Areas with associated Article 4 Directions and the duplicate areas are removed as Article 4 Directions prior to amalgamation of these two datasets.The following quality assurance checks and corrections are carried out on the data: - Polygons are not dissolved/ aggregated by key name and local authority.- The minimum polygon area allowed in the data is 5 square metres- Checks for invalid geometry types- The maximum angle for any spikes is 3 degrees- Any duplicate geometry is removed from the data- Duplicate key names for polygons are not removed- Polygons with no key names are not removed- Checks for basic geometry i.e. self-intersectionPlease contact spatialhub@improvementservice.org.uk for more details.
SSDI Link (External Site)
Frequency of Update
as needed
Formats:
WFS WMS SHAPEFILE GEOJSON
site_ref site_name local_authority policy_ref policy_url date_designated status restrictions la_s_code last_published_on
None Aberchirder Aberdeenshire None None 01/08/1986 None P12 Class 11; (30) S12000034 2026-03-05Z
None Aboyne Aberdeenshire None None 08/12/1997 None P1 Class 1a,1b,1c,1d,3a,3b,3c,3d,3e; P2 Class 7(Excl 7a),8; P9 Class 27; P10 Class 28; P12 Class 30,31; P13 Class 38,40,43; P20 Class 67 S12000034 2026-03-05Z
None Auchenblae Aberdeenshire None None 27/09/2019 None P8 Class 23,24,26; P9 Class 27; P10 Class 28; P12 Class 30,31,33; P13 Class 38,39,40,43 S12000034 2026-03-05Z
None Ballater Aberdeenshire None None 08/12/1997 None P1 Class 1a,1b,1c,1d,3a,3b,3c,3d,3e; P2 Class 7(Excl 7a); P9 Class 27; P12 Class 30,31; P13 Class 38,40,41,43; P20 Class 67 S12000034 2026-03-05Z
None Banff Aberdeenshire None None 01/08/1986 None P1 Class 1a,1b,1c,1d,3a,3b,3c,3d,3e; P2 Class 7(Excl 7a),8,9; P4 Class 14,15; P6 Class 18,19,20; P8 Class 23,24,25; P9 Class 27; P10 Class 28; P12 Class 30,31,33; P13 Class 38,39,40,43; P20 Class 67 S12000034 2026-03-05Z
None Banff - Scotstown Aberdeenshire None None 01/08/1986 None P12 Class 11; (30) S12000034 2026-03-05Z
None Benholm Aberdeenshire None None 27/09/2019 None P10 Class 28; P12 Class 30,31,33; P13 Class 38,39,40,43 S12000034 2026-03-05Z
None Boddam Aberdeenshire None None 01/08/1986 None P12 Class 11; (30) S12000034 2026-03-05Z
None Braemar Aberdeenshire None None 08/12/1997 None P1 Class 1a,1b,1c,1d,3a,3b,3c,3d,3e; P2 Class 7(Excl 7a),8; P9 Class 27; P10 Class 28; P12 Class 30,31; P13 Class 38,40,41,43; P20 Class 67 S12000034 2026-03-05Z
None Catterline Aberdeenshire None None 22/12/1995 None P1 Class 1a,1b,1c,1d,3a,3b,3c,3d,3e; P2 Class 7(Excl 7a) S12000034 2026-03-05Z
Format Nazadnje posodobljeno
CSV 16/01/2024
WFS 16/01/2024
WMTS 16/01/2024
Shapefile 16/01/2024
Viri Format Nazadnje posodobljeno
Article 4 Directions WFS 16/01/2024 More info
Child Dataset(s) Viri Nazadnje posodobljeno
Article 4 Directions - Aberdeenshire 1 30/09/2021 More info
Article 4 Directions - Angus 1 27/02/2017 More info
Article 4 Directions - City of Edinburgh 1 03/07/2017 More info
Article 4 Directions - Dundee City 2 19/07/2023 More info
Article 4 Directions - Glasgow City 1 28/07/2017 More info
Article 4 Directions - South Ayrshire 1 23/03/2017 More info