Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1977

2 Amendment of provisions of the 1972 Act relating to local plans.

(1) In section 9 of the 1972 Act (preparation of local plans)—

(a) there shall be inserted after subsection (4) the following subsection—

“(4A) It shall be the duty of the planning authority—

(a) for the purpose of preparing a local plan, to institute a survey of their district or any part thereof, in so far as they have not already done so, taking into account the matters which the authority think necessary for the formulation of their proposals, and

(b) to keep those matters under review during and after the preparation of the local plan.”; and

(b) in subsection (9), after the words " shall secure that ", there shall be inserted the words " where a structure plan has been prepared under section 5 of this Act. "

(2) In section 10 of the 1972 Act (publicity in connection with preparation of local plans) in subsection (1)(a), for the words from " carried out " to " of this Act " there shall be substituted the words " or part of the district carried out under sections 4 or 9 of this Act ".

(3) In section 12 of the 1972 Act (adoption and approval of local plans) for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(2) Where for any area the Secretary of State has approved a structure plan under section 7 of this Act the planning authority shall not adopt a local plan unless it conforms generally to that structure plan.”