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23.0 ADVERTISEMENT CONTROL
23.1 Simplifying advertisement control
Proposal: To simplify advertisement control and reduce its impact by reducing the number of advertisements requiring express consent and expediting the decision-making processes for those requiring express consent.
Source: Review of Advertisement Control in Scotland, Consultation Paper, SODD, 1998.
Present position: The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Regulations 1984 SI 1984 No 467, as amended by SI 1992 No 1763, provides a self-contained code for controlling the display of advertisements. No advertisement may be displayed without consent but six classes of advertisements are given a deemed consent by virtue of reg.10. Advertisements requiring express consent follow a procedure similar to that for obtaining planning permission.
Implementation: In the absence of a proposal to introduce a combined consent procedure (see Section 8.0 above), it would be necessary to introduce new Advertisement Control Regulations and a new Circular to replace SDD 10/1984.
23.2 Neighbour notification
Proposal: Some applications for express consent for advertisements should be subject to a neighbour notification requirement.
Source: Getting Involved in Planning, Consultation Paper, SEDD, 2001, para.66. See too Analysis of Consultation Response; also White Paper, Your place, your plan, 2003, para.82.
Present position: There is no neighbour notification requirement for applications for consent to display an advertisement.
Implementation: In the absence of a proposal to introduce a combined consent procedure (see Section 8.0 above), it would be necessary to amend the Advertisement Control Regulations to introduce such a requirement. It could be modelled on the neighbour notification requirement in Article 9 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) (Scotland) Order 1992 SI 1992 No 224.
The White Paper does not arrive at a conclusion on the way forward. Instead, it signals that the Executive will consider the issue further in the light of the responses to Getting Involved in Planning.
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