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Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997

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19ZA Examination under section 19(3): further provision

(1) This section applies where— (a) a person appointed under subsection (3) of section 19 is conducting an examination of a proposed local development plan under that subsection, and (b) the person is not satisfied that the amount of land allocated for housing in the proposed local development plan is sufficient to meet the targets it includes in relation to the housing needs of people living in the part of the district to which it relates (see section 15(1A)). (2) The appointed person may, instead of preparing a report under section 19(8), issue a notice to the planning authority requiring it to prepare another proposed local development plan under section 18(1). (3) A notice under subsection (2) must include— (a) a statement that the proposed local development plan is unsatisfactory due to its failure to address the identified housing needs, (b) the appointed person's reasons for coming to that conclusion. (4) The appointed person must— (a) send a copy of a notice issued under subsection (2) to the Scottish Ministers, (b) publish it, and (c) notify the persons mentioned in paragraph (b) of section 19(6), and any person who made representations by virtue of section 19A that a notice has been given under subsection (2) (and its effect). (5) A planning authority that receive a notice under subsection (2)— (a) may not take any further action in respect of the unsatisfactory proposed local development plan, and (b) must prepare another proposed local development plan in accordance with section 18. (6) The planning authority may use the evidence report prepared and assessed in respect of the unsatisfactory proposed local development plan for the purpose of subsection (5)(b). (7) In subsection (4)(b), “publish” includes, without prejudice to that expression's generality, publish by electronic means (as for example by means of the internet).

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19ZA Examination under section 19(3): further provision

(1) This section applies where— (a) a person appointed under subsection (3) of section 19 is conducting an examination of a proposed local development plan under that subsection, and (b) the person is not satisfied that the amount of land allocated for housing in the proposed local development plan is sufficient to meet the targets it includes in relation to the housing needs of people living in the part of the district to which it relates (see section 15(1A)). (2) The appointed person may, instead of preparing a report under section 19(8), issue a notice to the planning authority requiring it to prepare another proposed local development plan under section 18(1). (3) A notice under subsection (2) must include— (a) a statement that the proposed local development plan is unsatisfactory due to its failure to address the identified housing needs, (b) the appointed person's reasons for coming to that conclusion. (4) The appointed person must— (a) send a copy of a notice issued under subsection (2) to the Scottish Ministers, (b) publish it, and (c) notify the persons mentioned in paragraph (b) of section 19(6), and any person who made representations by virtue of section 19A that a notice has been given under subsection (2) (and its effect). (5) A planning authority that receive a notice under subsection (2)— (a) may not take any further action in respect of the unsatisfactory proposed local development plan, and (b) must prepare another proposed local development plan in accordance with section 18. (6) The planning authority may use the evidence report prepared and assessed in respect of the unsatisfactory proposed local development plan for the purpose of subsection (5)(b). (7) In subsection (4)(b), “publish” includes, without prejudice to that expression's generality, publish by electronic means (as for example by means of the internet).

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