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DEVELOPMENT PLAN SCHEMES
7. Section 20B of the Act requires each planning authority and strategic development planning authority to prepare a development plan scheme at least annually. The scheme is to set out the authority's programme for preparing and reviewing their SDP or LDP(s), and what is likely to be involved at each stage. The scheme must include a participation statement stating when, how and with whom consultation on the plan will take place, and the authority's proposals for public involvement in the plan preparation process. Regulation 24 also requires schemes to contain a timetable, specifying the month the authority proposes to publish its next main issues report and proposed plan and to submit the plan to Scottish Ministers. After adopting the scheme, the Act requires the authority to publish it (including electronically), send two copies to Scottish Ministers and place copies in public libraries. There is no requirement to consult on the content of development plan schemes.
8. Authorities may usefully choose to include other information in the scheme, including the current components of the statutory development plan and their programme for preparing and adopting supplementary guidance. Where a mosaic of different plans is involved, a location map may be helpful. Scottish Ministers expect participation statements to contain a range of innovative techniques and activities for consulting stakeholders tailored to local circumstances and the issues being dealt with in the plan.
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