Planning (Scotland) Act 2019

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(1) The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is amended as follows.(2) After Part 1 insert—
    (PART 1ZA) Purpose of planning
    (3ZA) Purpose of planning
  • “(1) The purpose of planning is to manage the development and use of land in the long term public interest.
  • (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1) , anything which—
  • (a) contributes to sustainable development, or
  • (b) achieves the national outcomes (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015) ,
  • is to be considered as being in the long term public interest.
The purpose of planning is to manage the development and use of land in the long term public interest.contributes to sustainable development, orachieves the national outcomes (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015) ,This section applies only to the Scottish Ministers' and planning authorities' exercise of functions under Parts 1A and 2.(3) Sections 3D and 3E are repealed.(1) The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is amended as follows.(2) In section 3A(2) (description of framework) , for the words “in” to the end substitute “the Scottish Ministers' policies and proposals for the development and use of land.”.the word “and” at the end of paragraph (a) is repealed,after paragraph (b) insert—
  • (c) a statement about how the Scottish Ministers consider that development will contribute to each of the outcomes listed in subsection (3A) ,
  • (d) targets for the use of land in different areas of Scotland for housing, and
  • (e) an assessment of the likely impact of each proposed national development's...
a statement about how the Scottish Ministers consider that development will contribute to each of the outcomes listed in subsection (3A) ,targets for the use of land in different areas of Scotland for housing, andan assessment of the likely impact of each proposed national development's

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