Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997

23 Procedure for section 21 orders: unopposed cases

(1) This section shall have effect where—

(a) the planning authority have made an order under section 21 revoking or modifying a listed building consent granted by them, and

(b) the owner, lessee and occupier of the land and all persons who in the authority’s opinion will be affected by the order have notified the authority in writing that they do not object to the order.

(2) Where this section applies, instead of submitting the order to the Secretary of State for confirmation the authority shall—

(a) advertise in the prescribed manner the fact that the order has been made, and the advertisement shall specify—

(i) the period within which persons affected by the order may give notice to the Secretary of State that they wish an opportunity of appearing before, and being heard by, a person appointed by the Secretary of State for the purpose, and

(ii) the period at the end of which, if no such notice is given to the Secretary of State, the order may take effect by virtue of this section and without being confirmed by him,

(b) serve notice to the same effect on the persons mentioned in subsection (1)(b), and

(c) send a copy of any such advertisement to the Secretary of State not more than 3 days after its publication.

(3) A notice under subsection (2)(b) shall include a statement to the effect that no compensation is payable under section 25 in respect of an order under section 21 which takes effect by virtue of subsection (4) of this section.

(4) If—

(a) no person claiming to be affected by the order has given notice to the Secretary of State as mentioned in subsection (2)(a)(i) within the period referred to in that subsection, and

(b) the Secretary of State has not directed that the order be submitted to him for confirmation,

the order shall take effect at the end of the period referred to in subsection (2)(a)(ii) without being confirmed by the Secretary of State as required by section 22(1).

(5) The period referred to in subsection (2)(a)(i) must not be less than 28 days from the date on which the advertisement first appears.

(6) The period referred to in subsection (2)(a)(ii) must not be less than 14 days from the end of the period referred to in subsection (2)(a)(i).