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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-town-development-scotland-act-1957/schedule-SECOND/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/38",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Town Development (Scotland) Act 1957",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-town-development-scotland-act-1957",
  "path": "schedule/SECOND/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to the next following sub-paragraph, where any objections to a town development scheme have been duly submitted to the Secretary of State under the last foregoing paragraph, and have not been withdrawn, the Secretary of State shall not approve the scheme except after causing a local inquiry to be held with respect to such objections and considering the report of the person holding the inquiry.\n(2) If every authority who have submitted, and not withdrawn, objections to a town development scheme agree that a local inquiry should be dispensed with, so much of the foregoing sub-paragraph as relates to the holding of such an inquiry shall not apply to that scheme.\n(3) Section three hundred and fifty-five of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1947 (which contains provisions as to local inquiries) shall apply to local inquiries held under this paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1947 c. 43."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/38/schedule/SECOND/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:13:48.488069+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}