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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/437/article/8</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development and Use Classes) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020</dc:title><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2024-09-19</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2021-04-01</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>This Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992 (“the 1992 Order”) to introduce new classes of permitted development rights and makes a minor amendment to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997.</dc:description>
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