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Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

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4(1)Before imposing an aftercare condition specifying a use for forestry, the planning authority shall consult the Forestry Commission as to whether it is appropriate to specify that use.

(2)Where after consultations required by sub-paragraph (1) the planning authority are satisfied that the use that they ought to specify is a use for forestry, they shall consult the Forestry Commission with regard to whether the steps to be taken should be specified in the aftercare condition or in an aftercare scheme.

(3)The planning authority shall also consult the Forestry Commission—

(a)as to the steps to be specified in an aftercare condition which specifies a use for agriculture or for forestry, and

(b)before approving an aftercare scheme submitted in accordance with an aftercare condition which specifies such a use.

(4)The planning authority shall also, from time to time as they consider expedient, consult the Forestry Commission as to whether the steps specified in an aftercare condition or an aftercare scheme are being taken.

(5)In this paragraph “forestry” has the same meaning as in paragraph 2.

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