Planning and most building standards applications
- Submit before the downtime – if your application is ready for submission, we strongly encourage you to submit it before the planned downtime begins.
- Wait where possible – if your submission is not time-sensitive, please consider waiting until the service has been restored.
- Use alternative arrangements only where necessary.
These arrangements are intended only for genuinely time-critical submissions, such as planning resubmissions, appeals and some building standards applications and should not be used as an alternative route for routine submissions during the outage period.
If you cannot submit before the outage and cannot reasonably wait until the service becomes available again, downloadable forms will be available on eDevelopment Scotland and can be submitted directly to the relevant authority by email.
Please be aware that authorities may apply limits to the size of email attachments they can receive. If your submission includes large files, please check local arrangements and be prepared to send documents across multiple emails where necessary.
Appeals and building standards time sensitive submissions
Appeals and some building standards submissions are subject to statutory, operational or contractual timescales.
If your deadline falls within the downtime period, you should:
- Submit before the outage period wherever possible.
- Wait until the service has resumed, however, do not delay your submission if doing so will result in a statutory deadline being missed.
- Alternative submission arrangements will be available if your deadline falls during the outage period.
Further information
An eDevelopment landing page will remain available throughout the downtime period and will continue to provide updates and guidance.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we undertake this essential work to support the future operation of eDevelopment.
If you have questions regarding the planned downtime or alternative arrangements, please contact eDevOps@gov.scot