Town & Country Planning (Procedure) (Scot) Regs 2013

The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 came into force on 30 June 2013

30 Jun 2013
Built environment - Scotland

Planning legislation in Scotland has been amended by four new sets of regulations including The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013

The 2013 Regulations are mainly a consolidation of the 2008 Regulations and subsequent amendments to those regulations. In addition, the 2013 Regulations make the following changes to the procedures for applications relating to planning permission:

• Changes to requirements to advertise planning applications in newspapers where there are no premises on neighbouring land to which neighbour notification can be sent;
• Add a requirement for consultation with Network Rail on development proposals within 10 metres of a railway line;
• The introduction of provisions on information requirements regarding Crown development and national security issues; and
• Extend the list of regulations in the 2013 Regulations which apply to a person appointed to determine an application for local development