The Town and Country Planning (Short-term Let Control Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2021

Notice of designation or of variation or cancellation of a section 26B designation

9.—(1) Before designating an area as a short-term let control area, or varying or cancelling a section 26B designation, the planning authority must publish notice of the designation, variation or cancellation, as the case may be, in accordance with this regulation.

(2) If approval of the designation or variation by the Scottish Ministers is required under regulation 3 or 5, notice under paragraph (1) is to be given after the Scottish Ministers have given such approval.

(3) Notice under paragraph (1) must be published—

(a) in a newspaper circulating in that area, and

(b) on a website maintained by the planning authority for that purpose.

(4) Notice under paragraph (1) of—

(a) the designation of a short-term let control area must state—

(i) the date on which the area is to be designated as a short-term let control area (being a date not earlier than 28 days after the date of publication of the notice),

(ii) how a copy of a map of the designated short-term let control area can be inspected,

(b) variation of a section 26B designation must state—

(i) the date on which the variation is to take effect (being a date not earlier than 28 days after the date of publication of the notice),

(ii) how a copy of the map of the designated short-term let area as varied can be inspected,

(c) cancellation of a section 26B designation must—

(i) state the date on which the cancellation is to take effect (being a date not earlier than 28 days after the date of publication of the notice),

(ii) identify the section 26B designation to be cancelled.

(5) The planning authority must make a map of the designated short-term let control area, or such area as varied, available for inspection free of charge on a website maintained by them for that purpose and at an office of the planning authority.