What plans it has to amend section 39(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 in respect of local authority powers regardin…

Section 39(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 gives planning authorities the power to decline to determine applications for planning permission if, within the previous two years the development proposal was subject to refusal of planning permission by the Scottish ministers and in the opinion of the planning authority there has been no significant change since that refusal.
As part of our work on modernising the planning system, we will consider whether this section needs to be amended in the context of a future planning bill.