Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

[F1 22 Supplementary guidance S

(1) A strategic development planning authority may, under this subsection, adopt and issue guidance in connection with a strategic development plan and a planning authority may, under this subsection, adopt and issue guidance in connection with a local development plan (such guidance being, in either case, referred to in this Part as “ supplementary guidance ”).

(2) Regulations may make provision as to—

(a) procedures for, and as to consultation which must precede, the adoption of, and

(b) the matters which may be dealt with in,

supplementary guidance.

(3) Subject to any such regulations, the authority proposing to adopt and issue supplementary guidance are to take such steps as will in their opinion secure—

(a) that adequate publicity of the proposal is given in their district or as the case may be in their strategic development plan area,

(b) that persons who may be expected to wish to make representations to the authority about the proposal are made aware that they are entitled to do so, and

(c) that such persons are given an adequate opportunity of making such representations.

(4) Such publicity as is given under subsection (3)(a) is to include intimation of a date by which any such representations require to be received by the authority.

(5) The authority are, before adopting and issuing the supplementary guidance, to consider any such representations timeously made to them.

(6) A copy of the proposed supplementary guidance must be submitted to the Scottish Ministers and a period of at least 28 days must then elapse before the supplementary guidance is adopted and issued.

(7) The Scottish Ministers may, as regards a particular submission to them under subsection (6), direct that the subsection is to apply as if, for the period mentioned in it, there were substituted such longer period as is specified in the direction.

(8) At any time before the supplementary guidance is adopted the Scottish Ministers may by notice require the authority to make such modifications to it as are specified in the notice or may direct the authority not to adopt and issue it.

(9) Guidance may be adopted and issued other than under subsection (1)—

(a) by a strategic development planning authority, in connection with a strategic development plan, or

(b) by a planning authority, in connection with a local development plan,

provided that the matters dealt with in that guidance are not matters for the time being specified, in regulations under subsection (2)(b), as matters which may be dealt with in supplementary guidance.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2 substituted (19.5.2008 for specified purposes, 25.6.2008 for specified purposes, 28.2.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17), ss. 2, 59(2) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.S.I. 2008/165, arts. 1, 2 and S.S.I. 2008/427, arts. 1(1), 2-5); S.S.I. 2008/164, art. 2(1)(2), sch.; S.S.I. 2009/70, art. 2, sch.