Part I

Administration

Planning authorities: chief planning officer
1A
1
Each planning authority must have a chief planning officer.
2
The role of an authority's chief planning officer is to advise the authority about the carrying out of—
a
the functions conferred on them by virtue of the planning Acts, and
b
any function conferred on them by any other enactment, insofar as the function relates to development.
3
The Scottish Ministers must issue guidance to planning authorities concerning the role of an authority's chief planning officer.
4
A planning authority may not appoint a person as their chief planning officer unless satisfied that the person has appropriate qualifications and experience for the role.
5
In deciding what constitutes appropriate qualifications and experience for the role of chief planning officer, a planning authority must have regard to any guidance on the matter issued by the Scottish Ministers.
S. 1A inserted (1.4.2024) by Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 13), ss. 50(2), 63(2); S.S.I. 2024/79, reg. 2(1)(2)(d)