Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

22 Within 3 months after a person has served on an acquiring authority a notice of objection to severance, the acquiring authority shall either—

(a) serve notice on him withdrawing the notice to treat deemed to have been served on him in respect of his interest in the land proposed to be severed,

(b) serve notice on him that the general vesting declaration shall have effect, in relation to his interest in the land proposed to be severed, as if the whole of that land had been comprised in the declaration (and in the compulsory purchase order, if part only of that land was comprised in that order), or

(c) refer the notice of objection to severance to the Lands Tribunal and notify him that it has been so referred.