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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997/section-31",
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  "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  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1972-repealed-2751997",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/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Information regarding, and registers of, applications and decisions.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Every. . . planning authority shall keep, in such manner as may be prescribed by such regulations or the order, a register containing such information as may be so prescribed with respect to applications for planning permission made to that authority, including information as to the manner in which such applications have been dealt with. . . and also containing such information as may be so prescribed with respect to simplified planning zone schemes relating to zones in the authority’s area.\n(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Regulations under this Act or a development order make provision for the register to be kept in two or more parts, each part containing such information relating to applications for planning permission made to the authority as may be prescribed by such regulations or the order, and may also make provision—\n(a) for a specified part of the register to contain copies of applications and of any plans or drawings submitted therewith; and\n(b) for the entry relating to any application, and every thing relating thereto, to be removed from that part of the register when the application (including any appeal arising out of it) has been finally disposed of, without prejudice to the inclusion of any different entry relating thereto in another part of the register.\n(4) Every register kept under this section shall be available for inspection by the public at all reasonable hours.\n(5) The provisions of this section shall apply in relation to applications for an approval required by such regulations or the order as they apply in relation to applications for planning permission.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 31(1) repealed by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c.43), s. 69(2), Sch. 4 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 172(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 31(2)(5) substituted (25. 9. 1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:2), s. 61, Sch. 13, para. 9(c) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2092, art.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c.65), Sch. 34 Pt. XI"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 123:2), 26(3), Sch. 6 Pt. IV para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 31(2A) repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), Sch. 34 Pt. XI"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 31(3) substituted (25. 9. 1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:2), s. 61, Sch. 13, para. 9(a) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2092, art.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 31(3) substituted (25. 9. 1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:2), s. 61, Sch. 13, para. 9(b) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2092, art.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 31(5) added by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c.43), s. 69(2), Sch. 2 para. 9"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/52/section/31",
    "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."
}