The Scottish Government is moving eDevelopment, the national website for submitting planning and building warrant applications, to cloud hosting. As a result, the site will be unavailable for up to one week from 7 December 2026.
What you will not be able to submit
During the downtime, you will not be able to submit the following through edevelopment.scot:
- planning applications and other planning consents
- planning appeals and reviews
- building warrants, warrant amendments and other building consents
- applications for tree works (TCOs and TPOs)
What to do if you plan to submit
You should think about:
- submitting before the downtime. If your application is ready, we strongly encourage you to submit it before the outage begins.
- waiting if you can. If your submission isn’t time-sensitive, please consider waiting until the service is restored.
- time-critical submissions. Guidance for genuinely urgent submissions, such as appeals and some building standards applications, will be issued shortly.
What is unaffected
The Planning and Building Standards portal will continue to work as normal. You can still:
- view planning applications, enforcement cases and appeals
- comment on planning applications
- view building warrant information
The following services are also unaffected, as they are not submitted through Scottish Government eDevelopment:
- planning Non Material Variations (NMVs)
- planning pre-application advice
- planning Proposal of Application Notices (PANs)
- applications to modify or discharge planning conditions
- Building Standards confirmation of completions and property inspections
- high hedge notice applications
- street naming and numbering
Further updates
The Scottish Government’s eDevelopment landing page will stay available throughout the downtime and will provide updates and guidance. We will also post updates on this page.
If you have questions about the downtime or alternative arrangements, please contact the Scottish Government at eDevelopment@gov.scot.