{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-scotland-act-2019/section-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-scotland-act-2019/section-38.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2019/13",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Scotland) Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-scotland-act-2019",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Declining to determine an application: further provision",
  "text": "(1) The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 is amended as follows.\n(2) After section 39 insert—\n“Declining to determine an application: further provision\n39A The Scottish Ministers must publish guidance outlining what constitutes a “similar application” and a “significant change” for the purposes of section 39.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 38 in force at 1.10.2022 by S.S.I. 2022/275, reg. 2(2)(d) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2019/13/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:12:58.690497+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."
}