{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997/section-54C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-scotland-act-1997/section-54C.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": "section/54C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "54C",
  "heading": "Content of schemes: self-build housing",
  "text": "(1) A masterplan consent area scheme may, under section 54B(1)(a), specify—\n(a) development in the form of self-build housing, or\n(b) a description of development which includes self-build housing.\n(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), self-build housing is where an individual commissions or (whether acting alone or with other individuals) is personally involved in the design and construction of a dwelling that is intended to be the individual's main residence once it is built.\n(3) Nothing in this section is to be construed as limiting the development or a description of development that may be specified under section 54B(1)(a).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 54A-54F and cross-heading inserted (5.12.2024) by Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 13), ss. 15(2), 63(2); S.S.I. 2024/252, reg. 2(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/8/section/54C",
    "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."
}