However, Scottish Office Development Department Circular 17/1998, Planning and Compulsory Purchase Order Inquiries and Hearings: Procedures and Good Practice incorporates at Annex A the Code of Practice for Planning and Compulsory Purchase Inquiries, available on the Scottish Executive website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/1998/10/circular-17-1998-root/circular-17-1998. the case of a public local inquiry into a flood prevention scheme, the reporter normally seeks the agreement of all parties to apply the code of practice, by analogy, to the inquiry.