Part 3Flood risk assessment, maps and plans

Duty to have regard to plans

42Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008

In regulation 24 (further information) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/432)—

a

the words from “may” to the end become paragraph (a), and

b

at the end there is inserted—

b

must, where the application relates to a development that is likely to result in a material increase in the number of buildings at risk of being damaged by flooding, require from the applicant an assessment of flood risk in respect of the development.