http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/265/article/6/madeThe Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) (Scotland) Rules 2006Listed buildingsPlanning (town and country)Conservation areasNational securityPlanning applicationsKing's Printer for Scotland2016-07-21TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
Section 265A of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 provides that all planning inquiries are to be held in public except where the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers, after consultation with the Secretary of State, otherwise direct on the grounds of national security. Section 265A also makes provision for the appointment of persons (“appointed representatives”) to represent the interests of any person who will be prevented from hearing or inspecting any evidence at a local inquiry if such a direction is given.
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As soon as practicable after receiving a request for a direction the Scottish Ministers shall give notice of the request in the manner prescribed by this rule.
2
Notification of a request for a direction shall be made–
a
by serving notice on every person (other than the person making the request) who is the owner, lessee or occupier of any relevant land;
b
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
c
by local advertisement.
3
A notice given or advertisement published under paragraph (2) shall–
a
state that a request for a direction has been made;
b
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
c
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).
4
In this rule the persons holding a notifiable interest in neighbouring land are–
a
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
b
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.