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Written Question · S4W-06975 · Session 4

Whether it will review the planning procedures for facilitating mobile telecommunications development.

Answered Asked by Aileen McLeod SNP Lodged 26 Apr 2012

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the planning procedures for facilitating mobile telecommunications development.

The answer

Answered by Derek Mackay on 10 May 2012 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

We have no plans at present to review the permitted development rights which exempt certain telecommunications development from the need for a planning application. We are engaged in a public consultation on proposed amendments to planning application procedures. Though not specific to telecommunications development, it includes an opportunity to comment on any aspect of these procedures. The consultation paper, Miscellaneous Amendments to the Modernised Planning System, can be viewed at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/03/5577.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-06975 by reference.