Parliament Workbench
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Written Question · S2W-02713 · Session 2

Whether it has powers to reject any planning application made in respect of decommissioning nuclear submarines at Ardyne Point on the Cowal…

Answered Asked by George Lyon LD Lodged 17 Sep 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has powers to reject any planning application made in respect of decommissioning nuclear submarines at Ardyne Point on the Cowal peninsula under the interim storage of laid-up submarines project.

The answer

Answered by Mary Mulligan on 1 Oct 2003 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

Powers exist under the Town andCountry Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 for the Scottish ministers to call-in and determineplanning applications.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-02713 by reference.