New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968

6 Planning control in new town. S

(1) The development corporation established for the purposes of a new town shall from time to time submit to the Secretary of State, in accordance with any directions given by him in that behalf, their proposals for the development of land within the area of the new town, and the Secretary of State, after consultation with the . . . F1 [F2 district planning] authority within whose district the land is situated, and with any other local authority who appear to him to be concerned, may approve any such proposals either with or without modification.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by section 11 of the M1 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947, a special development order made by the Secretary of State under that section with respect to the area of a new town may grant permission for any development of land in accordance with proposals approved under subsection (1) above, subject to such conditions, if any (including conditions requiring details of any proposed development to be submitted to the local planning authority), as may be specified in the order.

(3) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to give to a development corporation established under this Act such directions with respect to the disposal of land acquired by them thereunder and with respect to the development by them of such land, as appear to him to be necessary or expedient for securing, so far as practicable, the preservation of any features of special architectural or historic interest, and in particular of buildings included in any list compiled or approved under section 28 of the M2 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947 (which relates to the compilation or approval by the Secretary of State of lists of buildings of special architectural or historical interest).

(4) In the case of land which forms a frontage to a road, or abuts on or is adjacent to a road, a [F3 roads authority] may enter into an agreement with any owner of the land imposing on the land, so far as that owner’s interest in the land enables him to bind it, restrictions for controlling the development of the land.

(5) Any agreement under subsection (4) above may, within three months after the date on which it was entered into [F4 be registered in the Land Register of Scotland or, as the case may], be recorded in the Register of Sasines, and on being so [F5 registered or] recorded shall be enforceable by the [F6 roads authority] against the said owner and against any person deriving title from him.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65, SIF 81:2), s. 184, Sch. 23 para. 7

F2 Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65, SIF 81:2), s. 172(2)

F3 Words substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 61(2)(a)

F4 Words inserted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 61(2)(b)(i)

F5 Words inserted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 61(2)(b)(ii)

F6 Words substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 61(2)(b)(iii)

F7 S. 6(6) repealed by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), s. 339, Sch. 23 para. 13(1), Sch. 24

Marginal Citations

M1 1947 c. 53(123:2).

M2 1947 c. 53(123:2).