Explanatory note

These Regulations make amendments to the Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consents under Enactments) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”), the Scheduled Monument (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2015, the Planning (Listed Building Consent and Conservation Area Consent Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2015, the Listed Buildings (Notification and Publication) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and the Scheduled Monuments (Notification and Publication) (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Regulations 5 and 6 of the 2007 Regulations respectively modify the procedures relating to applications for listed building and conservation area consent and for scheduled monument consent where such consents are applied for in respect of a proposal under the Transport and Works (Scotland) Act 2007. The current Regulations modify the procedures set out in the Town and Country Planning (Listed Buildings and Buildings in Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 1987 which are to be replaced by the Planning (Listed Building Consent and Conservation Area Consent Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (“the 2015 Listed Building Regulations”). Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends regulations 5 and 6 of the 2007 Regulations in order to make equivalent modifications to the procedure as set out in the 2015 Listed Building Regulations.

Regulations 3 to 6 make minor changes to the Scheduled Monument (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2015, the 2015 Listed Building Regulations, the Listed Buildings (Notification and Publication) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and the Scheduled Monuments (Notification and Publication) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 to tidy up the wording of various provisions.