The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008

Made: 22nd December 2008

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 23rd December 2008

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)

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PART 1 — Introductory

Citation and commencement

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Application

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Pre-application consultation

Pre-application consultation – classes of development

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Content of pre-application screening notice

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Content of proposal of application notice

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Pre-application consultation

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PART 3 — Procedure on applications for planning permission

Applications for planning permission

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Form and content of an application for planning permission

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Application for planning permission in principle

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Further applications

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Application for approval of matters specified in conditions

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Design and access statements

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Validation date

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Notices to owners and agricultural tenants under section 35 of the Act

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PART 4 — Procedure by planning authority

Registers of applications

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Acknowledgment of applications

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Notification by the planning authority

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Notification of minerals applications

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Publication of application by the planning authority

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List of applications

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Publication of list of applications

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Provision of information to community councils and within public libraries

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Further information

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Consultation by the planning authority

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Time periods for decision

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Pre-determination hearings

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Decision notice

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Schemes of delegation

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PART 5 — Directions

Directions as to environmental impact assessment Regulations

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Directions requiring information or restricting the grant of planning permission

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Directions requiring consideration of condition

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Provisions supplementary to regulations 30, 31 and 32

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Notice of reference of applications to the Scottish Ministers

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PART 6 — Marine fish farming

Application to marine fish farming

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PART 7 — Cairngorms National Park

Cairngorms National Park

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PART 8 — Notification and display

Notification of initiation of development

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Display notices

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PART 9 — Certificates of lawful use or development

Application for certificate of lawful use or development

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Documentation accompanying applications

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Procedure on receipt of application

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Revocations of certificate of lawful use or development

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PART 10 — General

Electronic communications

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Service of notices

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PART 11 — Transitional provisions, revocations and savings

Transitional provisions

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Applications for approval of reserved matters made on or after 3rd August 2009

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Revocations and savings

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SCHEDULE 1 — Notices under regulation 15

SCHEDULE 2 — Registers under sections 36(1) to (4)

Register of applications for planning permission

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Certificates of lawful use or development

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Provisions applicable to registers generally

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SCHEDULE 3 — Classes of development – regulations 20(1)(c) and 38(1)(b)

The following are the classes of development specified for the purposes of regulations 20(1)(c) and 38(1)(b)–

• (1) the construction or installation of buildings for use as a public convenience;

• (2) the construction of buildings or other operations, or use of land–

• (a) for the disposal of refuse or waste materials, or for the storage or recovery of reusable metal;

• (b) for the retention, treatment or disposal of sewage, trade waste, or effluent other than–

• (i) the construction of pumphouses in a line of sewers;

• (ii) the construction of septic tanks and cesspools serving single dwelling houses, or single caravans, or single buildings in which not more than 10 people will normally reside, work or congregate;

• (iii) the laying of sewers; or

• (iv) works ancillary to those described in sub paragraphs (i) to (iii);

• (c) as a scrap yard or coal yard; or

• (d) for the winning or working of minerals;

• (3) the construction of buildings or use of land or buildings for the purpose of slaughtering animals (including fish and poultry) or the processing of animal carcasses for final disposal or as part of the production of other goods;

• (4) the construction or use of buildings for any of the following purposes–

• building for indoor games

• cinema

• dancing

• fun fair

• gymnasium (not forming part of a school, college or university)

• hot food shop

• licensed premises

• music hall

• skating rink

• swimming pool or

• theatre;

• (5) the construction of buildings for or the use of buildings or land as–

• (a) a crematorium or a cemetery;

• (b) a zoo, or wildlife park, or for the business of boarding or breeding animals;

• (6) the construction of buildings and use of buildings or land for motor racing;

• (7) the construction of a building to a height exceeding 20 metres;

• (8) the construction of buildings, operations, and use of buildings or land which will–

• (a) affect residential property by reason of fumes, noise, vibration, smoke, artificial lighting, or discharge of any solid or liquid substance;

• (b) alter the character of an area of established amenity;

• (c) bring crowds into a generally quiet area;

• (d) cause activity and noise between the hours of 8 pm and 8 am; or

• (e) introduce significant change into a homogeneous area.

SCHEDULE 4 — Notice for publication in newspaper

SCHEDULE 5 — Consultation by the planning authority

Subject to regulation 25, the planning authority must before determining an application for planning permission for development consult a person, authority or body mentioned in a paragraph below in the circumstances specified in that paragraph.

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• (1) where the development is likely to result in a material increase in the number of buildings at risk of being damaged by flooding; or

• (2) where the development consists of or includes–

• (a) fish farming;

• (b) mining operations;

• (c) the carrying out of building or other operations or use of land for the purposes of providing or storing mineral oils and their derivatives;

• (d) the carrying out of building or other operations (other than the laying of sewers, the construction of pump houses in a line of sewers, the construction of septic tanks and cesspools serving single dwelling houses, single caravans or single buildings in which not more than 10 people will normally reside, work or congregate, and works ancillary thereto) or use of land for the retention, treatment or disposal of sewage, trade waste, or effluent;

• (e) the carrying out of works or operations in the bed or on the banks of a river or stream;

• (f) the use of land as a cemetery; or

• (g) the use of land for the deposit of any kind of refuse or waste, including slurry or sludge.

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Interpretation of Schedule 5

In this Schedule–

• “district salmon fishery board” has the meaning assigned to it by section 40 of the Salmon Act 1986[^f00028];

• “roads authority” has the same meaning as in section 151 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984[^f00029];

• “SEPA” means the Scottish Environment Protection Agency established under section 20 of the Environment Act 1995[^f00030];

• “slurry” means animal faeces and urine (whether or not water has been added);

• “special road” means a road provided or to be provided in accordance with a scheme under section 7 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

• “toll order” has the same meaning as in Part II of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991[^f00031];

• “toll road” means a road which is the subject of a toll order;

• “trunk road” means a road or proposed road which is a trunk road within the meaning of section 151 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 that is to say, a road which is a trunk road by virtue of section 5 of that Act or of an Order or direction under that section or section 202 of the Act.

SCHEDULE 6 — Notice to accompany refusal etc.

Form 1

Form 2

SCHEDULE 7 — Form of notice to be displayed while development in progress

SCHEDULE 8 — Certificate of lawful use or development

Signed

STEWART STEVENSON — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 2008-12-22

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1997 c. 8. The functions of the Secretary of State transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). Sections 27A and 27C were inserted by section 6, sections 35A, 35B and 35C by section 11, section 36A by section 13, section 38A by section 14 and section 59 by section 21 of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17) (“the 2006 Act”) and sections 32, 34, 36, 43 and 275 were respectively substituted by or amended by type=start time=1271339989243sections 7, 10, 12, 16type=end time=1271339989243 and 54(16) of the 2006 Act.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by paragraph 15(3) of Schedule 8 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) (“the 1998 Act”), and section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) (“the 2006 Act”). The powers in section 2(2) of the 1972 Act are exercised as regards regulation 30. The functions conferred upon the Minister of the Crown under section 2(2) of the 1972 Act, so far as within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the 1998 Act.

[^f00003]: S.I. 1992/224 as amended by S.I. 1992/20083, S.I. 1994/2585, S.I. 1994/3293, S.I. 1996/467, S.I. 1997/749, S.S.I. 2000/179, S.S.I. 2001/245, S.S.I. 2003/1, S.I. 2003/2155, S.S.I. 2004/332, S.S.I. 2007/177 and S.S.I. 2007/268.

[^f00004]: 1997 c. 9.

[^f00005]: 1973 c. 65.

[^f00006]: 2003 c. 21.

[^f00007]: S.S.I. 2004/219 as amended by S.S.I. 2007/253 and S.S.I. 2007/268.