The EN states 1Scottish Parliament. (2020, March 2). Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill Explanatory Notes. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.parliament.scot/S5_Bills/Heat%20Networks%20(Scotland)%20Bill/SPBILL64ENS052020.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.scot/S5_Bills/Heat%20Networks%20(Scotland)%20Bill/SPBILL64ENS052020.pdf</a> [accessed 5 May 2020]:
Section (2C) provides that on granting or modifying a heat network consent under section 20(1)(a) or 23(1) of the Heat Networks (Scotland) Act 2021 (the “2021 Act”), the Scottish Ministers may give a direction for planning permission to be deemed to have been granted, subject to conditions (if any) to be specified in the direction.