The Act Overview Heat network consent and planning permission Section 45: Combining applications to local authorities for heat network consent and planning permission
103.Section 45 applies in the event that a person is applying to develop a heat network and must make an application for planning permission and heat network consent to a local authority (in its capacity as a planning authority and appropriate consent authority, respectively).
104.Subsection (3) enables the Scottish Ministers, by regulations, to disapply procedural provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, and modify the provisions of that Act as they relate to heat network consent applications.