Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

[F1 7 Form and content of strategic development plan S

(1) A strategic development plan is a plan in which is set out—

(a) a vision statement, being a broad statement of the strategic development planning authority's views as to how the development of the strategic development plan area could and should occur and as to the matters (including the matters mentioned in subsection (4)) which might be expected to affect that development,

(b) a spatial strategy, being a broadly based statement of proposals as to the development and use of land within the strategic development plan area,

(c) an analysis of the relationship of the vision statement and spatial strategy to general proposals for the development and other use of land in districts which are contiguous to any part of the strategic development plan area, being general proposals which may be expected to affect that area,

(d) such other matters as may be prescribed, and

(e) any other matter which the strategic development planning authority consider it appropriate to include.

(2) A strategic development plan is, for the purpose of explaining or illustrating the proposals in the plan, to contain or be accompanied by—

(a) such maps, diagrams, illustrations and descriptive matter as may be prescribed, and

(b) such other maps, diagrams, illustrations and descriptive matter (if any) as the strategic development planning authority think appropriate.

(3) Diagrams, illustrations and descriptive matter which, by virtue of subsection (2), are contained in or accompany a strategic development plan are to be treated as forming part of that plan.

(4) The matters referred to in subsection (1)(a) are—

(a) the principal physical, economic, social and environmental characteristics of the strategic development plan area,

(b) the principal purposes for which land is used in that area,

(c) the size, composition and distribution of the population of that area,

(d) the infrastructure of that area (including communications, transport and drainage systems and systems for the supply of water and energy),

(e) how that infrastructure is used, and

(f) any change which the strategic development planning authority think may occur in relation to any of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e).]

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.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 7(1)(b) modified (27.3.2011) by The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/228), reg. 1(1), sch. 4 para. 9 (with regs. 31-33)