Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 20132
1
The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 20133 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
In regulation 7(2) (pre-application consultation) at the beginning insert “Subject to regulation 7A,”.
3
After regulation 7 (pre-application consultation) insert—
Temporary 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 20204 expires in accordance with section 12 of that Act.