Whether it wrote to community councils regarding the launch of its Householder Permitted Development Rights: Consultation Paper.

Officials did not directly write to all Community Councils to advise them of this consultation.
An alert advising of the publication of the Householder Permitted Development Rights consultation paper was sent to all those community councils who have registered for the Directorate for the Built Environment''s (DBE''s) e-alert system and those who have asked for hard copies of such alerts to be sent to them by post.
In the 2007 move to electronic publication the DBE wrote to all parties previously registered to receive hard copy documents by post to advise them of this change and how they could register to receive e-alerts. In addition to a reminder to those parties generally, DBE issued a further letter specifically to community councils in March 2008 which brought on-going planning consultations to their attention and again reminded them of the need to register on the new system.
The internet web address to register for DBE news alerts is http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/news/e-news.