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Aberdeen City Council Town and Country Planning LISTED BUILDINGS AND CONSERVATION AREAS (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997 THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (CONTROL OF ADVERTISEMENTS) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 1984 Notice of Publication of Documents Aberdeen City Council has prepared and published a Draft City Centre Conservation Area Character Assessment. Conservation Area Character Appraisals provide an opportunity to involve communities in identifying the different characteristics and important elements of their Conservation Area, and in defining appropriate boundaries. Under the above noted Regulations, an associated proposal for a ‘Regulation 11’ Direction to remove deemed consent for large ‘To Let / For Sale’ signs in the City Centre Conservation Area has also been prepared and published. The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 requires the Council to consider whether publishing a document or making available a document for inspection may give rise to a significant risk of the transmission of coronavirus, or is likely to be ineffective or inappropriate due to action taken in order to control the incidence or transmission of coronavirus. This Act, as well as UK and subordinate legislation, requires us to promote the national policy of social/physical distancing. This has a direct impact on a number of statutory and non-statutory duties which the Council would normally carry out in undertaking consultation on documents and proposals of this type. As such, there will be no public meetings or drop-in sessions for the duration of social/physical distancing policy as they may give rise to a significant risk of the transmission of coronavirus. Where possible, correspondence, communication and publicity (including public inspection of documents) will therefore be by electronic means. Electronic copies of the Draft City Centre Conservation Area Character Appraisal and the Regulation 11 Direction proposal document can be viewed or downloaded from the Council’s website at: https://consultation.aberdeencity.gov.uk/planning/city-centre- conservation-area-character-appraisal Comments on the City Centre Conservation Area Character Appraisal and the Proposed Regulation 11 Direction are invited from 19 February to 02 April 2021. Online responses can be submitted on the Council’s Consultation Hub at: https://consultation.aberdeencity.gov.uk/planning/city-centre- conservation-area-character-appraisal Otherwise responses can be sent by email to: PI@aberdeencity.gov.uk Electronic responses are preferable as Council Officers are working remotely due to coronavirus. Where this is not possible responses can be sent by post to the address below. However, it should be noted that acknowledgements for postal submissions may not be sent out until the end of the representation period. Masterplanning, Design and Conservation Team, Strategic Place Planning, Business Hub 4, Ground Floor North, Marischal College, Broad Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1AB The closing date for receiving responses is 11:59pm on 02 April 2021. If you need further information about the consultation then please contact the Senior Conservation Officer by email at PI@aberdeencity.gov.uk.