PART 3Development management
Assessment of environmental effects
I124Assessment of environmental effects
1
The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is amended as follows.
2
In section 40 (assessment of environmental effects)—
a
in subsection (1), after “effects” insert “
, including effects on biodiversity,
”
,
b
after subsection (4) insert—
4A
In subsection (1), “effects on biodiversity” includes the net positive effects on biodiversity that would be likely to result from the development.