2008 No. 198
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

The Strategic Development Planning Authority Designation (No. 4) (Scotland) Order 2008

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 19971 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Strategic Development Planning Authority Designation (No. 4) (Scotland) Order 2008 and comes into force on 25th June 2008.

Designation of Strategic Development Planning Authority2.

The following planning authorities are designated a group of planning authorities which are jointly to prepare and keep under review a strategic development plan for a strategic development plan area:–

(a)

City of Edinburgh Council;

(b)

East Lothian Council;

(c)

Fife Council;

(d)

Midlothian Council;

(e)

Scottish Borders Council; and

(f)

West Lothian Council.

STEWART STEVENSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates, for the purposes of section 4(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, City of Edinburgh Council, East Lothian Council, Fife Council, Midlothian Council, Scottish Borders Council and West Lothian Council as authorities which are jointly to prepare and keep under review a plan (to be known as a “strategic development plan”) for an area, known as a “strategic development plan area”.