| Description | Circular 18/1996 |
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| ISBN | n/a (Web Only) |
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| Website Publication Date | May 22, 1996 |
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Circular 18/1996
The Chief Executive
Local Authorities
Our ref: PGD/2/25
22 May 1996
Dear Sir/Madam
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (GENERAL PERMITTED
DEVELOPMENT) (SCOTLAND) AMENDMENT ORDER 1996: CLOSED
CIRCUIT TELEVISION (CCTV) CAMERAS
1. This Circular explains the provisions of the Town and
Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland)
Amendment Order 1996 (SI 1996 No 1266) which comes into
force on 10 June 1996. This Order amends the 1992 General
Permitted Development Order (the GPDO) by introducing a new
class of permitted development for Closed Circuit
Television (CCTV) cameras for security purposes.
2. Part 25, Class 72 - this new class extends permitted
development rights to include the installation, alteration
or replacement on buildings or other structures (such as
walls, fences or poles) of CCTV cameras for security
purposes, subject to specified limits on size, numbers and
positioning. The new class does not apply within
conservation areas or national scenic areas. Nor does it
give permitted development rights to poles or other
structures specially constructed to hold cameras; these
still require planning consent. Where CCTV cameras are
being installed on a listed building or scheduled monument,
they will continue to be subject to listed building consent
and schedule monument consent procedures.
3. Up to 4 cameras are permitted on the same side of a
building or structure and up to 16 cameras on any one
building or structure, provided that they are at least 10
metres apart. Each camera must be sited so as to minimise
its effect on the external appearance of the building or
structure and cameras should also be removed once they are
no longer required for security purposes. The field of
vision of a camera should, so far as practicable, not
extend beyond the boundaries of the land where it is sited
or any adjoining land to which the public have access.
Intrusion and inconvenience to neighbours should be limited
so far as is practicable without compromising the camera's
effectiveness for security purposes.
4. Any enquiries about this Circular should be addressed
to Mr S Bruce (0131 244 7065). Further copies and a list of
planning Circulars may be obtained from Planning Division,
Branch 1, Room 2-H, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ (0131
244 7066).
Yours faithfully
M T AFFOLTER