{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-scotland-amendment-order-1994/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-scotland-amendment-order-1994/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1442",
  "legislation_title": "The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-general-permitted-development-scotland-amendment-order-1994",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992. The main changes are–\n(a) amendments to Class 54 of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Order (mineral exploration) to allow development to be carried on for a period not exceeding 6 months unless the planning authority have otherwise agreed;\n(b) the substitution of a new Class 58 of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Order (British Coal Corporation mining development–underground development) to limit development under that class to development in a designated seam area or development required in order to gain access to and work coal or coal-related minerals in a designated seam area. The designated seam area is to be identified in a plan deposited with the planning authority before 1st September 1994; and\n(c) deletion of Class 61 of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Order (prospecting for coal workable by opencast methods) subject to savings provisions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1442/note",
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  },
  "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."
}