Explanatory Notes

Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act

2009 asp 6

16 June 2009

The Act – Section by Section

Part 3 – Flood Risk Assessment, Maps and Plans

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

139.This section amends regulation 24 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. 2008/432) by inserting an obligation on a planning authority to require an applicant for planning permission to provide a flood risk assessment where a development is likely to result in a material increase in the number of buildings at risk from flooding.