How many planning appeals were held in each year from 2000 to 2005, following the refusal of planning permission by local authority plannin…

Answered Asked by Donald Gorrie LD Lodged 7 Mar 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning appeals were held in each year from 2000 to 2005, following the refusal of planning permission by local authority planning committees; in how many such appeals the Reporter decided in favour of the developer and against the local authority, and in how many such appeals the local communities’ spokespeople opposed the development.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 15 Mar 2006 · 8 days after it was lodged, on time

The number of planning appealsreceived each year from 2000, following refusal of planning permission by the planningauthority, is provided in the following table . The table also details the numberof appeals allowed and whether a community council was involved. We do not holdstatistics on whether the community council opposed or supported the appeals thatwere allowed.
Year
| Delegated Appeals Received
| Non-Delegated Appeals Received
| Appeals Allowed
| Appeals Allowed where Community Council Involved

2000-01
| 798
| 9
| 234*
| 39

2001-02
| 818
| 2
| 222
| 54

2002-03
| 768
| 8
| 228
| 48

2003-04
| 791
| 8
| 233*
| 57

2004-05
| 848
| 14
| 293
| 51

2005-06
| 797
| 15
| 221*
| 46

Note: *Includes one non-delegatedappeal.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-23977 by reference.