2009 No. 213
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING

The Town and Country Planning (Temporary Stop Notice) (Scotland) Regulations 2009

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 144B(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 19971 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Temporary Stop Notice) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 3rd August 2009.

(2)

In these Regulations “caravan” has the same meaning as for the purposes of Part 1 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 19602.

Circumstances in which temporary stop notice does not prohibit stationing of caravan2.

(1)

The stationing of a caravan on any land in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2) is an activity prescribed for the purposes of section 144B(1)(b) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.

(2)

The circumstances are that–

(a)

the caravan is stationed on the land immediately before the issue of the temporary stop notice;

(b)

the caravan is at that time occupied by a person as that person’s main residence.

STEWART STEVENSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide that the stationing of a caravan on land is an activity not prohibited by a temporary stop notice in the circumstances specified in regulation 2(2).