# The Town and Country Planning (Simplified Planning Zones) (Scotland) Order 1995

S.I. 1995/2044 · made 31 July 1995

This Order is concerned with the further implementation in Scotland of Council Directive 85/337/EEC (OJ No. L175, 5.7.85, p. 40). It provides that no simplified planning zone scheme has effect to grant planning permission for development which requires environmental assessment. The Town and Country Planning (Simplified Planning Zones) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/2043) provide that a planning authority shall not include such development in a simplified planning zone scheme.

Made under: Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (repealed 27.5.1997) (Section 21E)

## Introductory text

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, SCOTLAND
Made 31st July 1995
Laid before Parliament 9th August 1995
Coming 30th August 1995
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 21E(3) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Simplified Planning Zones) (Scotland) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 30th August 1995.

## 2 

No simplified planning zone scheme shall have effect to grant planning permission for development which is within a description mentioned in—
(a) Schedule 1 to the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1988; or
(b) Schedule 2 to those Regulations where the development would be likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue inter alia of its nature, size or location.

## Signature

George Kynoch
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
31st July 1995

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order is concerned with the further implementation in Scotland of Council Directive 85/337/EEC (OJ No. L175, 5.7.85, p. 40). It provides that no simplified planning zone scheme has effect to grant planning permission for development which requires environmental assessment. The Town and Country Planning (Simplified Planning Zones) (Scotland) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/2043) provide that a planning authority shall not include such development in a simplified planning zone scheme.

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