- Act
means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997;
- address
includes any number or address used for the purpose of such communications or storage;
- application for multi-stage consent
has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017;
- appointed officer
means a person appointed by virtue of a scheme of delegation under section 43A(1) of the Act by the planning authority to determine the application;
- document
includes any notice, consent, agreement, decision, representation, statement, report or other information or communication;
- electronic communication
has the meaning given in section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000;
- environmental statement
has the same meaning as in the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 as those Regulations had effect on 15th May 2017;
- hearing session
means a hearing held or to be held into matters specified in a procedure notice given under rule 1(1) of the Hearing Session Rules;
- Hearing Session Rules
means the rules set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;
- hearing statement
means, and is comprised of—
- interested party
means— (a) any authority or person consulted by the planning authority in compliance with a requirement imposed by virtue of section 43(1)(c) of the Act and from whom the planning authority received representations (which were not subsequently withdrawn) in connection with the application;
- legible in all material respects
means that the information contained in the document is available to the recipient to no lesser extent than it would be if sent or given by means of a document in printed form;
- local review body
has the meaning given in regulation 7(1);
- period allowed for determination of the application
means the period prescribed under regulation 8(2) in respect of the application or such extended period as may be agreed in writing between the applicant and the appointed officer under section 43A(8)(c);
- pre-examination meeting
has the meaning given in paragraph (1).
- procedure notice
means a notice given (whether separately or in combination) under regulation 15(1) or rule 1(1) of the Hearing Session Rules;
- procedure notice response
has the meaning given in paragraph (3).
- reference number of the application
means the unique number assigned by the planning authority to the application;
- relevant party
means—
- Report on Handling
means, in respect of an application, the report to be placed in the register of applications which the planning authority are required to keep in accordance with regulations made under section 36(1) of the Act;
- review documents
means notice of the decision in respect of the application to which the review relates, the Report on Handling and any documents referred to in that Report, the notice of review given in accordance with regulation 9, all documents accompanying the notice of review in accordance with regulation 9(4) and any representations or comments made under regulation 10(4) or (6) in relation to the review;
- rule
means a rule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;
- sent
includes served, submitted or given and cognate expressions are to be construed accordingly.
- the 2008 Regulations
means the Town and Country Planning (Schemes of Delegation and Local Review Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008.