- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the consultation timetable is in respect of Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
The Executive's white paper onpublic involvement, Your place, your plan is not a consultation paper. Itsets out the Executive's measures to strengthen and enhance public involvement atall stages in the land-use planning system. We will take these measures forwardin an open and inclusive manner as time and resources permit.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the proposal that reporters for local plan inquiries be appointed independently by its Inquiry Reporters Unit, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-2229 which is available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on working with local authorities to produce guidance on neighbour notification, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-2229 which is available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what developments are being pursued on the interface between planning and transport, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
Ministers and officials are inregular contact on a range of issues where there is an interface between planningand transport.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the proposals for (a) a national consultative group on planning and (b) local planning forums, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
TheExecutive is committed to bringing forward the measures contained in Your place,your plan as time and resources permit. The timetable for taking this workforward has yet to be finalised.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the proposal to pass responsibility for neighbour notification to local authorities, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-2229 which is available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on its pilot projects with South Lanarkshire Council and Highland Council on investigating ways of modernising the development planning system, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
Under thepilot projects, the Hamilton Local Plan in South Lanarkshire and the Wester Ross Local Plan in Highland are progressing well towards publicationof finalised draft plans. The project has helped to support the view that barriersto better plan making relate more to cultural and management issues rather thanlegislation or regulations. Both South Lanarkshire and Highland Councils have considered new ways of engagingwith the public and other stakeholders, including opinion meters and photographiccompetitions, which will be of interest to other authorities.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will make planning appeal inquiries more accessible, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
We published the consultation paper
Modernising Public Local Inquiries in July 2003. The paper looks atthe scope for modernising the planning inquiry process and at opportunities forbetter practice. The consultation paper is available in the Parliament's ReferenceCentre (Bib. number 28275).
The closing date for responses to this public consultation is 28 November 2003.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on amending the necessary legislation to extend the time for responding to a neighbourhood notification, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-2229 which is available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in producing guidance material to ensure that official consultation responses on planning applications are open to all, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-2229 which is available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
