These Regulations make minor amendments to the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008, and the Town and Country Planning (Schemes of Delegation and Local Review Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008. The changes come into force on 2nd February 2013.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 11 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 so that an application for planning permission made under section 42 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 on or after 2nd February 2013 will not require to be accompanied by a pre application consultation report.

Regulation 3 amends the definition of “period allowed for determination of the application” in regulation 2 of the Town and Country Planning (Schemes of Delegation and Local Review Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008. The amendment takes account of the possibility that there may on or after 2nd February 2013 be an agreement to extend the period under section 43A(8)(c) of the Act.