Submission to the Scottish Ministers of proposed designation of a short-term let control area8.
(1)
Where following consultation the planning authority intend to proceed to—
(a)
designate an area as a short-term let control area, or
(b)
vary or cancel a section 26B designation,
the planning authority must give notice of the proposal to the Scottish Ministers.
(2)
Notice under paragraph (1)(a) must be accompanied by—
(a)
a map of the area which the planning authority propose to designated as a short-term let control area, and
(b)
a statement setting out the planning authority’s reasons why the planning authority propose that the area should be designated as a short-term let control area.
(3)
Notice under paragraph (1)(b) must be accompanied by—
(a)
a map of the area designated as a short-term let control area by the section 26B designation,
(b)
if the proposal is to vary a section 26B designation, a map of the area which it is proposed to exclude from, or include within, a short-term let control area, and
(c)
a statement setting out the planning authority’s reasons why the planning authority propose that the section 26B designation should be varied or cancelled, as the case may be.
(4)
The planning authority may not—
(a)
designate the area as a short-term let control area, or
(b)
vary the section 26B designation to include an area within a short-term let control area,
unless the Scottish Ministers have approved the designation or variation, as the case may be.