Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

[F125Status of development planS

(1)Where, in making any determination under the planning Acts, regard is to be had to the development plan, the determination is, unless material considerations indicate otherwise—

(a)to be made in accordance with that plan, and

(b)if the development in question is a national development, to be made in accordance with any statement under section 3A(5) which—

(i)relates to that national development,

(ii)is expressed as applying for the purposes of development management, and

(iii)is to the effect that the development in question (or a development such as the development in question) could and should occur.

(2)For the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (1)—

(a)statements in the National Planning Framework which do not fall within sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of the paragraph are to be treated as “material considerations” (but this paragraph is without prejudice to the generality of that expression), and

(b)in the event of any incompatibility between the National Planning Framework and the development plan, whichever of them is the later in date is to prevail.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (2)(b)—

(a)the date of the National Planning Framework is the latest date on which it was published under section 3A(6) or (8),

(b)the date of a strategic development plan is the date on which it was published under section 14(1) (the date of any supplementary guidance issued being disregarded), and

(c)the date of a local development plan is the date on which it was constituted under section 20 (the date of any supplementary guidance issued being disregarded).]