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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st July 2012.
(2) Regulation 2 applies only in relation to applications for planning permission made on or after 1st August 2012.
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(1) The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 3(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “the General Permitted Development Order” insert—“
 “historic battlefield” means a battlefield which is included in the inventory of battlefields compiled and maintained under section 32B of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979;”.
(3) In Schedule 5 after paragraph 5(4) insert—“
(4A) development which may affect a historic battlefield other than where the development consists of—
(a) the alteration or extension of an existing building; or
(b) development within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse;”.
DEREK MACKAY
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
23rd May 2012