Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

[F124Meaning of “development plan”S

(1)For the purposes of this Act, any other enactment relating to town and country planning and the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963 (c. 51), the development plan for any strategic development plan area is to be taken as consisting—

(a)of the provisions of the strategic development plan for the time being in force for the area, together with—

(i)the Scottish Ministers' notice of approval of that plan, and

(ii)any supplementary guidance issued in connection with that plan, and

(b)of the provisions of any local development plan for the time being applicable to the area, together with—

(i)the planning authority's resolution of adoption of, or as the case may be the Scottish Ministers' notice of approval of, that plan, and

(ii)any supplementary guidance issued in connection with that plan.

(2)For the purposes mentioned in subsection (1), the development plan for any other area (whether the whole or part of the district of a planning authority) is to be taken as consisting as mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection.

(3)A reference in subsection (1)(b) to provisions of a plan, to a notice of approval or to a resolution of adoption is, in relation to an area forming part of the district to which they are, or as the case may be it is, applicable, to be construed as a reference to so much of the provisions, notice or resolution as is applicable to the area.

(4)A reference in subsection (1) to a notice of approval is, in relation to any plan made by the Scottish Ministers under section 23B, to be construed as a reference to a notice of the making of the plan.

(5)This section has effect subject to Schedule 1 (old development plans).]