Sch 5A para 10
(1) Where a planning authority have received validly submitted representations in relation to their proposals for making or altering a scheme, they may not make the proposed scheme or alteration (whether in the terms proposed or otherwise) until they have considered the representations. (2) For the purpose of this paragraph, representations are validly submitted if— (a) they are submitted within the period for representations prescribed under paragraph 9(2), and (b) they comply with any requirements prescribed by the Scottish Ministers in regulations under this sub-paragraph about how representations must be submitted.