Written Question · S2W-21728 · Session 2
What provision its proposed Planning Bill will make for defining the boundaries of the proposed city regions; what role Scottish Ministers …
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what provision its proposed Planning Bill will make for defining the boundaries of the proposed city regions; what role Scottish Ministers and the Parliament will have in defining such regions, and what provision it proposes for resolving disagreements between the city planning regions and the relevant councils in respect of the boundaries of the city regions.
The answer
Provisions relating to the determination of boundaries for strategic development plan areas are included in sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Planning etc. (Scotland) Bill, which was introduced in December. Section 4 empowers ministers to designate a group of planning authorities as a “strategic development planning authority” with the responsibility of jointly preparing a strategic development plan. Section 5 requires the strategic development planning authority to submit to ministers proposals for establishing the boundary for the strategic development plan area. Section 5 provides that ministers may determine the boundary of the strategic development plan area on the basis of the planning authority’s proposals or determine any other boundary as they think fit. Section 6 provides for the re-determination of the boundary of a strategic development plan area upon a material change of circumstances.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-21728 by reference.