The Town and Country Planning (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2008

Statement of appeal

13.—(1) The appellant must at the same time as giving notice of appeal to the Scottish Ministers under section 130(2), section 169(2) or section 180(2) of the Act, as the case may be, and in addition to specifying the grounds of appeal as required by section 130(3)(a) (and as applied by section 180(3)) or 169(3), of the Act, also submit a statement (“statement of appeal”) on a form to be obtained from the Scottish Ministers giving the information specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The information is–

(a) all matters which the appellant intends to raise in the appeal;

(b) the name and address of the appellant;

(c) a copy of the notice against which the appeal is made;

(d) the name and address of the representative of the appellant (if any) and whether any notice or other correspondence which is required by these Regulations to be sent to the appellant should be sent to the representative instead of the appellant;

(e) a note of what matters the appellant considers require determination and by what procedure (or combination of procedures) mentioned in regulation 8(4) the appellant wishes the appeal to be determined.

(3) The statement of appeal is to be accompanied by copies of all documents, materials and evidence which the appellant intends to rely on in the appeal.

(4) In addition to matters set out in the statement of appeal and the documents accompanying the statement of appeal, the appellant may raise matters only in accordance with and to the extent permitted by regulations 10 and 14, the Hearing Session Rules and the Inquiry Session Rules.