The Town and Country Planning (Masterplan Consent Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

Publication of masterplan consent area scheme and notification of decision

7.—(1) Where a masterplan consent area scheme is made by a planning authority, the planning authority must—

(a) publish on the internet a copy of the scheme and a notice of the decision to make the scheme containing the information specified in paragraph (2) (“the decision notice”), and

(b) give notice of the making of the scheme in accordance with paragraph (3).

(2) The information is—

(a) a statement that the masterplan consent area scheme has been made and how it may be inspected,

(b) the main reasons and considerations on which the decision is based including reasons for any conditions, limitations or exceptions,

(c) information about the arrangements taken to ensure the public had the opportunity to participate in the decision making procedures,

(d) information regarding the right to challenge the validity of the decision and the procedures for doing so.

(3) Notification of the making of the scheme is to be by publishing in a local newspaper circulating in the area and on the internet a notice containing—

(a) a statement that the masterplan consent area scheme has been made

(b) information as to how the scheme and the decision notice may be inspected.

(4) The planning authority must make a copy of the masterplan consent area scheme available for inspection at an office of the planning authority.