Written Question · S2W-19559 · Session 2
How many appeals have been lodged with it against the erection of TETRA masts; how many were lodged by (a) individuals, (b) communities and…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many appeals have been lodged with it against the erection of TETRA masts; how many were lodged by (a) individuals, (b) communities and (c) local authorities, and how many in each category were successful.
The answer
Statistics of the kind requested are not held. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, planning permission is required for the physical form of development proposed (such as a mast or antenna) rather than for the network or telecommunications system (such as TETRA) which it is intended to serve. Secondly, appeals are lodged by applicants, normally against refusal of permission. There is no provision for appeals to be made by individuals, communities or local authorities against the erection of masts or any other development granted permission by a planning authority, though it is open to individuals and communities to object to such proposals before the decision is taken.
If the question is intended to refer to objections to planning appeals, a check of planning appeals lodged since 2001 has found no references to TETRA in the description of the development for which planning permission was sought. The explanation for this is that, for the reason indicated above, the description of development is required to relate to the physical form of the development proposed.
If the question is intended to refer to objections to planning appeals, a check of planning appeals lodged since 2001 has found no references to TETRA in the description of the development for which planning permission was sought. The explanation for this is that, for the reason indicated above, the description of development is required to relate to the physical form of the development proposed.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-19559 by reference.