The Town and Country Planning (Development Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

Publication of proposed local development plan

10.—(1) The manner of publication for the purposes of section 18(1)(a) of the Act is as set out in paragraph (2).

(2) Publication is to be by—

(a) publishing in a local newspaper circulating in the area and on the internet a notice containing the following information—

(i) a statement that the proposed local development plan has been prepared and where and at what times it may be inspected,

(ii) a brief description of the content and purpose of the proposed local development plan,

(iii) details of how further information may be obtained regarding the proposed local development plan, including that it is to be published on the internet under paragraph (d),

(iv) a statement that any person wishing to do so may make representations on the content of the proposed local development plan, and

(v) information as to how and to whom any representations should be made(1),

(b) sending a notice containing that information to—

(i) the key agencies,

(ii) the Scottish Ministers,

(iii) a planning authority for the land which adjoins the local development plan area, and

(iv) any community council any part of whose area is within the local development plan area,

(c) making a copy of the proposed local development plan available for inspection at an office of the planning authority and in every public library in the local development plan area, and

(d) publishing the proposed local development plan on the internet.

(3) In this regulation—

“community council” means a community council established in accordance with Part IV of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973(2),

“key agencies” means the bodies specified as a key agency by regulation 25.

(1)

Section 18(2) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 as amended by section 7(8)(e) of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 13) requires publication under section 18(1)(a) to include specification of a date (being a date not less that 12 weeks after the date of publication) by which any representations with respect to the proposed local development plan must be made to the planning authority.

(2)

1973 c. 65. There are amendments to Part IV which are not directly relevant to these Regulations.