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Development control

Circular 24/1981

Scottish Development Department, 1981

Document Status

Partially replaced or revised by new document

Supplement

Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning

Series

Circular

Abstract

Sets out the Secretary of State's priorities for development control; defines arrangements for notifying relevant planning applications to the Secretary of State; describes the role of regional planning authorities in development control; and introduces the Town and Country Planning (General Development) (Scotland) Order 1981 and the Town and Country Planning (Development by Planning Authorities) (Scotland) Regulations 1981.

History

Amended by SDD Circular 18/1987: Development involving agricultural land (SDD, 1987); SDD Circular 38/1986: Location of major retail developments (SDD, 1986); SDD Circular 17/1985: Development control - priorities and procedures (SDD, 1985) and SDD Circular 6/1984: Local government and planning (Scotland) act 1982 (SDD, 1984).

Subjects

Planning control
Planning control, Scotland
Planning and development

Publisher History

Became part of the Scottish Office, which itself became the Scottish Executive (now the Scottish Executive Development Department - SEDD).

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