Regulation 7A Temporary relaxation of pre-application consultation requirements during Coronavirus emergency periodF1

(1)

This regulation applies in relation to an application for planning permission submitted—

(a)

either—

(i)

during the emergency period, or

(ii)

within the period of 6 months immediately following the expiry of the emergency period, and

(b)

in respect of which a proposal of application notice is given to the planning authority before, or during, the emergency period.

(2)

Where this regulation applies in relation to an application for planning permission, regulation 7 applies in relation to that application—

(a)

as if paragraphs (2)(a) and (b)(iii) and (3) were omitted, F2...

(b)

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(3)

For the purposes of this regulation, the “emergency period” is the period beginning on 24 April 2020 and ending F3at the end of F430 September 2022 .

Annotations

F1: Reg. 7A inserted (24.4.2020) by The Town and Country Planning (Miscellaneous Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/124), regs. 1, 2(3)
F2: Reg. 7A(2)(b) and word omitted (29.9.2021) by virtue of The Town and Country Planning (Miscellaneous Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/292), regs. 1(1), 7(3)(a)
F3: Words in reg. 7A(3) substituted (29.9.2021) by The Town and Country Planning (Miscellaneous Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (S.S.I. 2021/292), regs. 1(1), 7(3)(b)
F4: Words in reg. 7A(3) substituted (30.3.2022) by The Town and Country Planning (Miscellaneous Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/66), regs. 1(1), 7(2)