The Scottish Executive Development Department (SEDD) was a civil service department of the Scottish Government from 1999 to 2007. SEDD was responsible for the following areas in

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housing Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether i ...

land use planning Land use planning is the process of regulating the use of land by a central authority. Usually, this is done to promote more desirable social and environmental outcomes as well as a more efficient use of resources. More specifically, the goals ...

and

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. SEDD was directly responsible for various agencies of the Scottish Executive and other

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relating to these areas of responsibility. Since early 2005 the Department was headed by Nicola Munro. The Minister for Communities was

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and she was assisted by the Deputy Minister for Communities,

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External links

Official website
Defunct departments of the Scottish Government Housing ministries Spatial planning ministries Town and country planning in Scotland 1999 establishments in Scotland 2007 disestablishments in Scotland {{Scotland-gov-stub