Permitted development rights in conservation areas

What it asks

What the petitioner did first

1. 24 May 2018
   Public Petitions Committee

   New Petitions
   1 mention
2. 5 Sep 2019
   Public Petitions Committee

   Continued Petitions
   1 mention
3. 20 Feb 2020
   Public Petitions Committee

   Continued Petitions
   1 mention

1. Scotland46 79.3%
2. United Kingdom12 20.7%

1. Susan Reilly 28 Mar 2018
   This would actually help residents look after their homes as opposed to being worried about doing the slightest improvement, alteration or renovation and being charged £200 a time.
2. Susan Reilly 28 Mar 2018
   This is a truly unnecessary cost for residents who simply want to look after and improve their property.
3. Sandy Welsh 28 Mar 2018
   What is fair for one should be fair for all in a democracy.
4. Liam Mason 28 Mar 2018
   To quote a local authority planning dept on developments within a conservation area: "it's better to ask forgiveness than permission". If that's the reality, then the rules are broken.
5. Dr. Keith N. Stewart 30 Mar 2018
   It would be very unfair to have a planning application fee for a Listed Building or a Building within a Conservation Area. As a B-listed building owner I am very aware of the substantially higher costs of maintaining a Listed building. I am particularly concern that if such a fee were applied to those within a Conservation Area this would only lead to developments, improvements and maintenance that would simply be carried out without any reference to the Local planning department. The number of conservation areas that have been completely compromised by such an approach is sadly all too common in Scotland. Built Heritage in my view is seen as a low priority within Local Authorities'
   - if that planning fee was to have a positive effect on improving built heritage it may have some merit. Sadly I fear that the introduction of such a fee would make no difference to the inadequate resourcing of Built Heritage at the local level.
6. Roger Boyle 30 Mar 2018
   A consultation with planning with verbal approval fooled by an email confirming it.
7. Joan Coverley 30 Mar 2018
   I live in a conservation village on the Moray Coast. I had my house painted last year, no change to colours or anything, but I wasn't even aware that I should have applied to the LA to do this, and pay £202 for the privilege of maintaining the property. Since ignorance of the law is seemingly no excuse but lots of people must be unwittingly breaking the law, then it is not good law.
8. Derek Smith 2 Apr 2018
   Residents of the garden suburb should not have to pay for planning permission to make small changes to their properties.This is an outdated and unfair practice.
9. James Williamson 2 Apr 2018
   To deny or charge a householder from say a patio or shed or a decking area or a small summer house is surely an infringement of their equal rights. Furthermore the only way this would be enforced is to rely on neighbours reporting each other to their local authority
10. Michael Paterson 4 Apr 2018
    Agree with the rationale of the request
11. Michael Paterson 4 Apr 2018
    As a member of the committee I agree with the rationale of the wording of the Petion
12. Louise Hunter 8 Apr 2018
    Very unfair