Valid from 01/12/2019
Prospective
(1)The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is amended as follows.
(2)After section 77 insert—
(1)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision about the payment of compensation by a planning authority in cases where—
(a)planning permission granted by a development order is withdrawn (whether by the revocation or amendment of the order or by the issue of directions under powers conferred by the order), and
(b)on an application made under Part III or section 242A, planning permission for development formerly permitted by that order is refused or is granted subject to conditions other than those imposed by that order.
(2)Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular, make provision—
(a)about the circumstances in which compensation is payable,
(b)about what compensation is payable in respect of,
(c)about how the amount of compensation is to be calculated,
(d)about how a claim for compensation must be made in order to be valid (including the form and content of a claim, and the period within which it must be made),
(e)applying, or disapplying, any of the provisions of this Part, with or without modifications.”.
(3)Section 77 (compensation for refusal or conditional grant of planning permission formerly granted by development order) is repealed.