Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

1. National Planning Framework 4 : The Committee will take evidence from— Robbie Calvert, Policy, Practice and Research Officer, The Royal Town Planning Institute; Clare Symonds, Founder and Chair, Planning Democracy; Ailsa Macfarlane, Director, Built Environment Forum Scotland; Barbara Cummins , Vice Chair, Planning Aid for Scotland; Christina Gaiger, President , The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland; and then from— Dr Caroline Brown, Lecturer in Environmental Planning & Healthy Environments , Heriot-Watt University; Professor Cliff Hague, Emeritus Professor, Heriot-Watt University, and Chair of the Cockburn Association; Professor Leigh Sparks, Deputy Principal and Professor of Retail Studies, University of Stirling. 2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Council Tax (Dwellings and Part Residential Subjects) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021. 3. National Planning Framework 4 (in private): The Committee will consider evidence heard earlier in the meeting.