The Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2001

Made25th June 2001

Laid before the Scottish Parliament25th June 2001

Coming into force23rd July 2001

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 30, 32 and 275 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 19971 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2001 and shall come into force on 23rd July 2001.

(2)

In this Order, “the 1992 Order” means the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Scotland) Order 19922

Amendment of the 1992 Order2.

In article 3(c) of the 1992 Order (application for planning permission)–

(a)

the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (iv) shall be omitted;

(b)

for “Regulations.” at the end of sub-paragraph (v), substitute “Regulations; and”; and

(c)

after sub-paragraph (v), insert the following sub-paragraph:–

“(vi)
where the application relates to the installation of an antenna to be employed in a telecommunciations system, within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Telecommunications Act 19843, a declaration by the applicant that the antenna is designed to be in full compliance with the requirements of the radio frequency public exposure guidelines of the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection, as expressed in EU Council recommendation of 12 July 19994 on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electro magnetic fields (0Hz to 300 GHz).”.

LEWIS MACDONALD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

25th June 2001

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends article 3 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Scotland) Order 1992.

The purpose of the Order is to require that applications for planning permission, in cases where the proposed development involves an antenna to be employed in a telecommunications system, are accompanied by a declaration that the development is designed to comply with the public exposure guidelines of the International Commission on Non Ionising Radiation Protection.