What action it will take following the reversal by the Inquiry Reporters Unit of a planning authority decision on car access to the high st…

None. This case relates to a planning application for a private dwellinghouse which was granted permission in March 1999 and for which Fife Council subsequently submitted a Modification Order to have the vehicular access discontinued due to concerns about road safety. As the owner of the property objected to the order, the case was heard at a public local inquiry by a reporter of the Scottish Executive Inquiry Reporters Unit.The reporter concluded that there were no clear-cut and compelling road safety grounds for confirming the Modification Order and that the householder should have the right to maintain vehicular access onto Aberdour High Street. The Scottish ministers accepted the reporter's recommendation and therefore refused to confirm the Modification Order seeking the discontinuance of vehicular access. None of the parties involved chose to exercise their right of appeal to the Court of Session to have the decision quashed and therefore the matter is now closed.