{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-262C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-262C.json",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  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997",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/262C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "262C",
  "heading": "National Scenic Areas.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Every planning authority shall compile and make available for inspection free of charge at reasonable hours and at a convenient place a list containing such particulars as the Secretary of State may determine of any area in their district which has been designated as a Natural Heritage Area under section 6 of the Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991.\n(4) Where any area is for the time being designated as a Natural Heritage Area, special attention shall be paid to the desirability of preserving or enhancing its character or appearance in the exercise, with respect to any land in that area, of any powers under this Act.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 262C inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 123:2), s. 53(1), Sch. 11 Pt. II para. 38"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 262C(1)(2) repealed (1.4.1992) by Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 28, SIF 46:1), s. 27(2), Sch.11 (with saving in s. 6(9)); S.I. 1991/2633, art.4."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 262C(3) substituted (1.4.1992) by Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 28, SIF 46:1), s. 6(8)(a) (with saving in s. 6(9)); S.I. 1991/2633, art.4."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 262C(4) substituted (1.4.1992) by Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 28, SIF 46:1), s. 6(8)(b) (with saving in s. 6(9)); S.I. 1991/2633, art.4."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/262C",
    "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."
}