(1)The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is amended as follows.
(2)In section 37 (determination of applications: general considerations), after subsection (2) insert—
“(2A)The notice of the planning authority’s decision on an application must include a statement as to whether the authority consider that the application is for a development that is in accordance with the development plan for the time being applicable to the area to which the application relates together with an explanation of why the authority have reached that view.”.