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Supermarket Developments (PE1058)

Tuesday 13 May 2008 Public Petitions Committee Petitions 7 contributions · 4 speakers

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7 contributions
Frank McAveety Lab The Convener · Glasgow Shettleston
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PE1058—I will try to get this one right—by Dr Samer Bagaeen, calls on the Scottish Parliament to consider and debate the traffic, environmental and sustainability impact of large 24-hour supermarket developments on existing communities in designated town centres.Do members have any comments on PE1058, which has been in the system for over a year?

Rhoda Grant Lab Highlands and Islands
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Will this week's members' business debate on supermarkets cover those issues?

Frank McAveety Lab The Convener · Glasgow Shettleston
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The difficulty is that such planning issues are dealt with by the local authority, which in this case is Glasgow City Council. Personally, I think that such issues are dealt with at local level through quite an open process that allows individuals to raise concerns, so I would close the petition on that ground, but other members might feel that the petition raises broader issues.

John Farquhar Munro LD Ross, Skye and Inverness West
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I feel the same. There are plenty of local planning regulations to control such developments.

Nanette Milne Con North East Scotland
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This is a big issue throughout the country, but I agree that planning law exists to deal with the matter.

Frank McAveety Lab The Convener · Glasgow Shettleston
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We will close the petition on the ground that the issue is for councils to deal with. The nature of the issue is such that it is being ventilated at the appropriate level.

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