s 4ZC Regional spatial strategies: first strategy, review and revision
(1) A planning authority must adopt a regional spatial strategy under section 4ZA(1) as soon as reasonably practicable after section 5 of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 comes into force. (2) A planning authority— (a) are to keep their adopted regional spatial strategy (or strategies) under review, and (b) if they consider it appropriate, may at any time prepare and adopt a replacement strategy. (3) Without limit to the generality of subsection (2), a planning authority (or authorities) must review their adopted regional spatial strategy (or, if more than one, each adopted strategy) at least once in every period of 10 years beginning with the most recent date on which they— (a) adopted the strategy, or (b) published an explanation under subsection (4)(b). (4) Following such a review, a planning authority are to— (a) prepare and adopt a replacement regional spatial strategy, or (b) publish an explanation of why they have decided not to do so. (5) Section 4ZA(2) to (4) and sections 4ZB and 4ZE apply to a replacement regional spatial strategy as they apply in relation to the strategy being replaced (and references in this Part to a regional spatial strategy include references to such a replacement strategy).