{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/52",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Publicity in connection with preparation of local plans.",
  "text": "(1) A . . . planning authority who propose to prepare a local plan shall take such steps as will in their opinion secure—\n(a) that adequate publicity is given in their district to any relevant matter arising out of a survey of the district or part of the district carried out under sections 4 or 9 of this Act and to the matters proposed to be included in the plan;\n(b) that persons who may be expected to desire an opportunity of making representations to the authority with respect to those matters are made aware that they are entitled to an opportunity of doing so; and\n(c) that such persons are given an adequate opportunity of making such representations;\nand the authority shall consider any representations made to them within the prescribed period.\n(2) When the . . . planning authority have prepared a local plan, they shall, before adopting it or submitting it for approval under section 12(4) of this Act . . . , make copies of the local plan available for inspection at their office and at such other places as appear to them to be appropriate and send a copy to the Secretary of State; and each copy made available for inspection shall be accompanied by a statement of the time within which objections to the local plan may be made to the authority.\n(3) A copy of a local plan sent to the Secretary of State , or made available for inspection, under subsection (2) of this section shall be accompanied by a statement containing such particulars, if any, as may be prescribed—\n(a) of the steps which the authority have taken to comply with subsection (1) of this section; and\n(b) of the authority’s consultations with, and their consideration of the views of, other persons.\n4)(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 10), s. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words substituted by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 23), Sch. 2 para. 19(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words inserted by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 23), Sch. 3 para. 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 10(4)(5) repealed by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 23), Sch. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:43.298883+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."
}