Economy and Fair Work Committee
13th Meeting, 2022
The Committee took evidence from—
Craig McLaren, Director, Royal Town Planning Institute in Scotland;
Euan Leitch, Chief Executive, Scotland's Regeneration Forum;
Stephen Lewis, Vice-Chair, Scottish Property Federation;
Adrian Watson, Chair, Association of Town and City Management.
Fiona Hyslop and Colin Beattie advised the Committee that they are involved in disputes with Registers of Scotland. Alexander Burnett declared that he owns property in Aberdeenshire.
The Committee considered petition PE1676: The Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012. The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that the mapping technology has been updated since the petition was lodged in 2017; but in doing so, agreed to maintain a watching brief on Registers of Scotland’s approach to handling complaints from members of the public, and how it monitors the success of that approach as part of its regular update sessions with the Keeper of the Registers.
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in meeting.