A Conservative MSP has hit out after figures revealed the quantity of rejected native planning software appeals which have subsequently been overturned by the federal government. Maurice Golden stated virtually two-thirds of functions which have been initially rejected by Dundee Metropolis Council have been then successfuly appealed to the Scottish Authorities.
The 62 per cent success price for appeals is considerably greater than the Scottish common of 45 per cent. The figures have been printed within the Scottish Authorities’s annual assessment of Planning and Atmosphere Appeals Division.
It confirmed builders appealed to ministers in Edinburgh on 13 events in 2021/22 after being turned down for consent by Dundee councillors. And on eight of these cases, ministers over-ruled the native authority and allowed the attraction.
Throughout Scotland, there have been 367 planning appeals, of which 164 have been granted. Dundee’s overturn price of 62 per cent is the best within the space, and compares to twenty per cent in Angus, 42 per cent in Fife and 50 per cent in Perth and Kinross.
It’s additionally the best of Scotland’s main cities.
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Scottish Conservative North East MSP Maurice Golden stated:
“Folks and companies in Dundee will probably be alarmed at how readily ministers in Edinburgh are overturning planning selections made domestically.
“Clearly the Scottish Authorities thinks it is aware of finest in terms of what the town wants, and that’s a troubling perspective.
“The SNP is ceaselessly occurring about energy grabs, however it appears the social gathering is very happy to big-foot selections on attraction when it fits its personal agenda.
“There'll at all times be the odd event the place an area council and central authorities disagree on planning or coverage.
“However for the Scottish Authorities to over-rule Dundee council on virtually two-thirds of instances is ridiculous.”
Dundee Metropolis Council has been contacted for remark.
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