Scottish Statutory Instruments
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
Made
21st May 2008
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
22nd May 2008
Coming into force
25th June 2008
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1. This Order may be cited as the Strategic Development Planning Authority Designation (No. 4) (Scotland) Order 2008 and comes into force on 25th June 2008.
2. The following planning authorities are designated a group of planning authorities which are jointly to prepare and keep under review a strategic development plan for a strategic development plan area:–
(a)City of Edinburgh Council;
(b)East Lothian Council;
(c)Fife Council;
(d)Midlothian Council;
(e)Scottish Borders Council; and
(f)West Lothian Council.
STEWART STEVENSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
21st May 2008
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates, for the purposes of section 4(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, City of Edinburgh Council, East Lothian Council, Fife Council, Midlothian Council, Scottish Borders Council and West Lothian Council as authorities which are jointly to prepare and keep under review a plan (to be known as a “strategic development plan”) for an area, known as a “strategic development plan area”.
1997 c. 8. Section 4(1) was inserted by section 2 of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17).