# The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Scotland) Order 1992, Schedule 7: BAD NEIGHBOUR DEVELOPMENT


The following are the classes of development specified for the purposes of paragraph (5)(b) of article 12:—
(1) the construction of buildings for use as a public convenience;
(2) the construction of buildings or other operations, or use of land—
(a) for the disposal of refuse or waste materials, or for the storage or recovery of reusable metal;
(b) for the retention, treatment or disposal of sewage, trade-waste, or effluent other than—
(i) the construction of pumphouses in a line of sewers;
(ii) the construction of septic tanks and cesspools serving single dwelling-houses, or single caravans, or single buildings in which not more than 10 people will normally reside, work or congregate;
(iii) the laying of sewers; or
(iv) works ancillary to those described in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii);
(c) as a scrap yard or coal yard; or
(d) for the winning or working of minerals;
(3) the construction of buildings or use of land for the purposes of a slaughterhouse or knacker’s yard or for the killing or plucking of poultry;
(4) the construction or use of buildings for any of the following purposes:—
bingo hall building for indoor games casino cinema dance hall fun fair gymnasium (not forming part of a school, college or university) hot food shop licensed premises music hall skating rink swimming pool theatre, or Turkish or other vapour or foam bath;
(5) the construction of buildings for or the use of buildings or land as—
(a) a crematorium, or the use of land as a cemetery;
(b) a zoo, or wildlife park, or for the business of boarding or breeding cats or dogs;
(6) the construction of buildings and use of buildings or land for motor car or motor cycle racing;
(7) the construction of a building to a height exceeding 20 metres;
(8) the construction of buildings, operations, and use of buildings or land which will—
(a) affect residential property by reason of fumes, noise, vibration, smoke, artificial lighting, or discharge of any solid or liquid substance;
(b) alter the character of an area of established amenity;
(c) bring crowds into a generally quiet area;
(d) cause activity and noise between the hours of 8pm and 8am; and
(e) introduce significant change into a homogeneous area.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/224/schedule/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-development-procedure-scotland-order-1992/schedule-7
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

