s 3ZA Purpose of planning
(1) The purpose of planning is to manage the development and use of land in the long term public interest. (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), anything which— (a) contributes to sustainable development, or (b) achieves the national outcomes (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015), is to be considered as being in the long term public interest. (3) This section applies only to the Scottish Ministers' and planning authorities' exercise of functions under Parts 1A and 2.