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Written Question · S4W-25484 · Session 4

How many appeals have been submitted under the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013 and how many were successful, broken down by local authority…

Answered Asked by Bruce Crawford SNP Lodged 11 May 2015

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how many appeals have been submitted under the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013 and how many were successful, broken down by local authority area.

The answer

Answered by Alex Neil on 20 May 2015 · 9 days after it was lodged, on time

As at 18 May 2015, the number of appeals received by the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) of the Scottish Government submitted under the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013 and the nature of the decision is as set out in the following table. In the Stirling Council area, 20 appeals were submitted concerning one hedge.
Planning Authority (council)
Number of appeals submitted
Number of appeals allowed
Number of appeals dismissed
Number of appeals where no jurisdiction to consider
Number of appeals withdrawn
Number of appeals still being considered
Angus
2

1

1
Argyll and Bute
1
1

Edinburgh
2
1

1

Clackmannanshire
1

1

Dumfries and Galloway
3
1
2

Dundee
4
1
1

2
East Ayrshire
1

1

East Dunbartonshire
1

1
East Lothian
1

1
East Renfrewshire
1

1
Falkirk
1

1
Fife
2

2

Glasgow
1

1

Highland
1

1

Midlothian
2

1
1

Moray
1

1
North Ayrshire
3
3

North Lanarkshire
3

1

2
Perth and Kinross
10
3
1
2
1
3
South Lanarkshire
5
2

2

1
Stirling
26
21
4

1
West Lothian
2
2

Total
74
35
14
8
2
15

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