# The Masterplan Consent Area Scheme (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024, Regulation 20: Monitoring measures


(1) Where a planning authority or the Scottish Ministers are determining whether to make a masterplan consent area scheme, the planning authority or the Scottish Ministers, as the case may be, must consider whether it is appropriate to require monitoring measures to be carried out.
(2) When considering whether to require monitoring measures to be carried out, and the nature of any such monitoring measures, the planning authority or the Scottish Ministers, as the case may be, must consider—
(a) whether monitoring measures are proportionate to the nature, location and size of the proposed development and the significance of its effects on the environment having regard, in particular, to the type of parameters to be monitored and the duration of the monitoring,
(b) in order to avoid duplication of monitoring, whether monitoring arrangements required under legislation applicable in Scotland are more appropriate,
(c) if monitoring measures are to be required, whether provision should be made to require appropriate remedial action.
(3) Where the planning authority or the Scottish Ministers consider that it is appropriate to require monitoring measures they must do so.
(4) Where mitigation measures or monitoring measures are required the planning authority must take steps to ensure that those measures are implemented.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2024/9780111060933/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-masterplan-consent-area-scheme-environmental-impact-assessment-scotland-regulations-2024/regulation-20
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