Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

[F1 54B Scheme grants planning permission, etc. S

(1) A masterplan consent area scheme acts as a grant of authorisation for carrying out, within the area to which the scheme relates, development that—

(a) is either—

(i) specified in the scheme, or

(ii) of a description specified in the scheme, and

(b) is begun before the end of the day on which the scheme ceases to have effect.

(2) Authorisation granted by a scheme is subject to—

(a) any conditions, limitations and exceptions specified in the scheme, and

(b) any regulations made under paragraph 19 of schedule 5A (read with paragraph 20 of that schedule).

(3) In this section, “authorisation” means—

(a) planning permission, and

(b) if the scheme so provides—

(i) consent to the construction of a new road or an extension of an existing road for the purposes of section 21(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984

(ii) authorisation for works in relation to a listed building for the purposes of section 6 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997, and

(iii) authorisation for works in relation to a building in a conservation area for the purposes of section 66(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 and section 6 of that Act as applied by any regulations under section 66(3) of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 54A-54F and cross-heading inserted (5.12.2024) by Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 13), ss. 15(2), 63(2); S.S.I. 2024/252, reg. 2(2)(b)