PART 2Pre-application consultation

F1Temporary relaxation of pre-application consultation requirements during Coronavirus emergency period7A

1

This regulation applies in relation to an application for planning permission submitted—

a

either—

i

during the emergency period, or

ii

within the period of 6 months immediately following the expiry of the emergency period, and

b

in respect of which a proposal of application notice is given to the planning authority before, or during, the emergency period.

2

Where this regulation applies in relation to an application for planning permission, regulation 7 applies in relation to that application—

a

as if paragraphs (2)(a) and (b)(iii) and (3) were omitted, and

b

during the emergency period, as if in paragraph (2)(b)(ii) for “where” there were substituted “how (including by what electronic means)”.

3

For the purposes of this regulation, the “emergency period” is the period beginning on 24 April 2020 and ending on the date on which Part 1 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 expires in accordance with section 12 of that Act.