by serving notice on every person (other than the person making the request) who is the owner, lessee or occupier of any relevant land;

by serving notice on persons holding a notifiable interest in neighbouring land (other than persons on whom notice is served under sub-paragraph (a) or the person making the request); and

by local advertisement.

state that a request for a direction has been made;

state that written representations as to whether a direction should be given can be made to the Scottish Ministers at the address specified in the notice; and

specify the date by which any such representations should be made to the Scottish Ministers (being, in the case of a notice served under paragraph (2)(a) or (b), a date not less than 2 weeks from the date when the notice is given and, in the case of a local advertisement, a date not less than 2 weeks from the date when the notice is first published).

in the case of lands and heritages entered in the valuation roll at the date of the request, the persons appearing in the valuation roll in force at that time as being the owners, lessees and occupiers of those lands and heritages; and

in the case of lands and heritages not entered in the valuation roll at the date of the request, the owners and occupiers of those lands and heritages.