Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 2044 (S.149)

The Town and Country Planning (Simplified Planning Zones) (Scotland) Order 1995

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1995 No. 2044 (S.149)

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, SCOTLAND

The Town and Country Planning (Simplified Planning Zones) (Scotland) Order 1995

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 21E(3) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972^[1], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Simplified Planning Zones) (Scotland) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 30th August 1995.

    2.    No simplified planning zone scheme shall have effect to grant planning permission for development which is within a description mentioned in—
 (a) Schedule 1 to the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1988^[2]; or
 (b) Schedule 2 to those Regulations where the development would be likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue inter alia of its nature, size or location.

George Kynoch

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh

31st July 1995

This Order is concerned with the further implementation in Scotland of Council Directive 85/337/EEC (OJ No. L175, 5.7.85, p. 40). It provides that no simplified planning zone scheme has effect to grant planning permission for development which requires environmental assessment. The Town and Country Planning (Simplified Planning Zones) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/2043) provide that a planning authority shall not include such development in a simplified planning zone scheme.

[1] 1972 c. 52. Section 21E was inserted by the Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63), section 26. back

[2] S.I. 1988/1221, amended by S.I. 1990/526 and 1994/2012. back