{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997/schedule-5A/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997/schedule-5A/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/8",
  "legislation_title": "Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997",
  "path": "schedule/5A/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Each planning authority must, at least once in each 5-year period, consider whether it would be desirable to—\n(a) make a scheme for a part or parts of their district,\n(b) alter a scheme that relates to an area in their district.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1), the “5-year period” means—\n(a) the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which the Bill for the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 received Royal Assent, and\n(b) each subsequent period of 5 years beginning with the day on which the authority last published a statement under sub-paragraph (3).\n(3) After each occasion on which an authority consider the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), they must publish a statement setting out—\n(a) what they decided, and\n(b) the reasons for their decision.\n(4) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations prescribe requirements in respect of the statement mentioned in sub-paragraph (3).\n(5) The requirements that may be specified under sub-paragraph (4) include, in particular, requirements as to—\n(a) what information a statement must contain,\n(b) how it is to be published, and\n(c) to whom copies of it are to be sent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5A inserted (1.4.2024 for specified purposes, 5.12.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 13), ss. 15(3), 63(2); S.S.I. 2024/79, reg. 2(1)(2)(b)(4); S.S.I. 2024/252, reg. 2(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/8/schedule/5A/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:28:15.132338+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."
}