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Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)

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50 Agreements regulating development or use of land.

(1) A. . . planning authority may enter into an agreement with any person interested in land in their area (in so far as the interest of that person enables him to bind the land) for the purpose of restricting or regulating the development or use of the land, either permanently or during such period as may be prescribed by the agreement; and any such agreement may contain such incidental and consequential provisions (including provisions of a financial character) as appear to the. . . planning authority to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the agreement. (2) An agreement made under this section with any person interested in land, may, if the agreement shall have been recorded in the appropriate Register of Sasines or, as the case may be, registered in the Land Register of Scotland,, be enforceable at the instance of the. . . planning authority against persons deriving title to the land from the person with whom the agreement was entered into: Provided that no such agreement shall at any time be enforceable against a third party who shall have in bona fide onerously acquired right (whether completed by infeftment or not) to the land prior to the agreement being recorded as aforesaid or against any person deriving title from such third party. (3) Nothing in this section or in any agreement made thereunder shall be construed— (a) as restricting the exercise, in relation to land which is the subject of any such agreement, of any powers exercisable by any Minister or authority under this Act so long as those powers are exercised in accordance with the provisions of the development plan, or in accordance with any directions which may have been given by the Secretary of State as to the provisions to be included in such a plan; or (b) as requiring the exercise of any such powers otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (a) of this subsection. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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50 Agreements regulating development or use of land.

(1) A. . . planning authority may enter into an agreement with any person interested in land in their area (in so far as the interest of that person enables him to bind the land) for the purpose of restricting or regulating the development or use of the land, either permanently or during such period as may be prescribed by the agreement; and any such agreement may contain such incidental and consequential provisions (including provisions of a financial character) as appear to the. . . planning authority to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the agreement. (2) An agreement made under this section with any person interested in land, may, if the agreement shall have been recorded in the appropriate Register of Sasines or, as the case may be, registered in the Land Register of Scotland,, be enforceable at the instance of the. . . planning authority against persons deriving title to the land from the person with whom the agreement was entered into: Provided that no such agreement shall at any time be enforceable against a third party who shall have in bona fide onerously acquired right (whether completed by infeftment or not) to the land prior to the agreement being recorded as aforesaid or against any person deriving title from such third party. (3) Nothing in this section or in any agreement made thereunder shall be construed— (a) as restricting the exercise, in relation to land which is the subject of any such agreement, of any powers exercisable by any Minister or authority under this Act so long as those powers are exercised in accordance with the provisions of the development plan, or in accordance with any directions which may have been given by the Secretary of State as to the provisions to be included in such a plan; or (b) as requiring the exercise of any such powers otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (a) of this subsection. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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