Planning authorities in Scotland must prepare a report on their performance annually.
Please find below the Performance Assessment's and Improvement Action Plan's from the pilot of the new National Planning Improvement Framework, for 2024/25. Alongside this Improvement Action Plan Progress Update reports for the second year 2025/26.
Aberdeen City
- Aberdeen City Performance Assessment
- Aberdeen City Improvement Action Plan
- Aberdeen City Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Aberdeenshire
- Aberdeenshire Performance Assessment
- Aberdeenshire Improvement Action Plan
- Aberdeenshire Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Angus
- Angus Performance Assessment
- Angus Improvement Action Plan
- Angus Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Argyll and Bute
- Argyll and Bute Performance Assessment
- Argyll and Bute Improvement Action Plan
- Argyll and Bute Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Cairngorms
- Cairngorms Performance Assessment
- Cairngorms Improvement Action Plan
- Cairngorms Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
- Dumfries and Galloway Performance Assessment
- Dumfries and Galloway Improvement Action Plan
- Dumfries and Galloway Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Dundee City
- Dundee City Performance Assessment
- Dundee City Improvement Action Plan
- Dundee City Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
East Ayrshire
- East Ayrshire Performance Assessment
- East Ayrshire Improvement Action Plan
- East Ayrshire Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
East Dunbartonshire
- East Dunbartonshire Performance Assessment
- East Dunbartonshire Improvement Action Plan
- East Dunbartonshire Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
East Lothian
- East Lothian Performance Assessment
- East Lothian Improvement Action Plan
- East Lothian Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
East Renfrewshire
- East Renfrewshire Performance Assessment
- East Renfrewshire Improvement Action Plan
- East Renfrewshire Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Edinburgh
- City of Edinburgh Performance Assessment
- City of Edinburgh Improvement Action Plan
- City of Edinburgh Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Falkirk
- Falkirk Performance Assessment
- Falkirk Improvement Action Plan
- Falkirk Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Fife
Glasgow
- Glasgow City Performance Assessment
- Glasgow City Improvement Action Plan
- Glasgow City Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Highland
- Highland Performance Assessment
- Highland Improvement Action Plan
- Highland Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Inverclyde
- Inverclyde Performance Assessment
- Inverclyde Improvement Action Plan
- Inverclyde Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Performance Assessment
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Improvement Action Plan
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Midlothian
- Midlothian Performance Assessment
- Midlothian Improvement Action Plan
- Midlothian Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Moray
- Moray Performance Assessment
- Moray Improvement Action Plan
- Moray Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
- North Lanarkshire Performance Assessment
- North Lanarkshire Improvement Action Plan
- North Lanarkshire Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Orkney Islands
- Orkney Islands Performance Assessment
- Orkney Islands Improvement Action Plan
- Orkney Islands Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Perth and Kinross
- Perth and Kinross Performance Assessment
- Perth and Kinross Improvement Action Plan
- Perth and Kinross Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Renfrewshire
- Renfrewshire Performance Assessment
- Renfrewshire Improvement Action Plan
- Renfrewshire Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Scottish Borders
- Scottish Borders Performance Assessment
- Scottish Borders Improvement Action Plan
- Scottish Borders Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Shetland Islands
- Shetland Islands Performance Assessment
- Shetland Islands Improvement Action Plan
- Shetland Islands Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
South Ayrshire
- South Ayrshire Performance Assessment
- South Ayrshire Improvement Action Plan
- South Ayrshire Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
South Lanarkshire
- South Lanarkshire Performance Assessment
- South Lanarkshire Improvement Action Plan
- South Lanarkshire Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Stirling
- Stirling Performance Assessment
- Stirling Improvement Action Plan
- Stirling Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
West Dunbartonshire
- West Dunbartonshire Performance Assessment
- West Dunbartonshire Improvement Action Plan
- West Dunbartonshire Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
West Lothian
- West Lothian Performance Assessment
- West Lothian Improvement Action Plan
- West Lothian Improvement Action Progress Update 2025
Western Isles
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