Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act 1981 (c. 36)

PART II Scotland

Reviews of workings

20 Periodical reviews of mineral workings

The following section shall be inserted after section 251 of the 1972 Act—

“251A Duty of planning authorities to— review mineral workings.

(1) It shall be the duty of every planning authority—

(a) to undertake at such intervals as they consider fit reviews of every site in their area in, on or under which operations for the winning and working of minerals—

(i) are being carried out; or

(ii) have been carried out at any time during the relevant period ; or

(iii) are authorised by planning permission but have not been begun ; and

(b) to make in respect of any such site any order under section 42, 49, 49A or 49B of this Act that they consider appropriate.

(2) In subsection (1) of this section " the relevant period ", in relation to a review, means the period of five years preceding the date of the beginning of the review or such other period as may be prescribed.”.