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| Scottish planning reforms consultation: The Scottish Government has issued a consultation paper relating to new arrangements for delegation of decisions on ‘local’ applications to officers, a system whereby such decisions may be reviewed by a panel of members, and powers to enable types of appeal procedure to be determined by government. Reduction of the six month time period within which an appeal may be made to three months is also proposed. |  |
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Competition test proposed for large stores: The Competition Commission has issued its ‘remedies’ related to UK grocery retailing. The consultation document follows initial findings published last autumn. As expected the recommendations come out against the operation of restrictive covenants and exclusivity arrangements which inhibit free competition in the grocery market. The proposed package of measures includes a controversial ‘competition test’ which the Commission feels is most effectively operated within the planning system. This would be applied when local authorities are considering planning applications for large grocery stores. Under this scheme the Office of Fair Trading would act as statutory consultees and would carry out the test. The document, as it relates to planning measures, may be downloaded from http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/inquiries/ref2006/grocery/pdf/decision_remedies_planning.pdf This information was posted on 18/2/2008 and updates DCP at (13.131). |
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| New Scottish heritage advice: The Scottish Government has issued the consultation draft of SPP23 Planning and the Historic Environment. The SPP supersedes and consolidates NPPG 18 Planning and the Historic Environment and NPPG 5 Archaeology and Planning. | |
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More case classes for the Planning Inspectorate: The government has announced that it intends to proceed with its proposals to transfer further categories of appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. It states that none of the responses to its 2007 consultation exercise demonstrated the need for any radical change from the original proposals. The categories of appeal proposed to be transferred include a) decisions on appeals relating to listed buildings in receipt of grant aid; b) enforcement appeals covered by an environmental statement; c) planning and enforcement appeals involving statutory undertaker’s operational land; d) appeals relating to old mining and minerals permissions; e) appeals against refusal of hazardous substances consent, and f) tree preservation order appeals. |
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| Welsh design guidance updated: The Welsh Assembly Government has issued a revision of section 2.9 of Planning Policy Wales 2002. This is concerned with general advice concerning the promotion of sustainability through good design. Existing section 2.9 is cancelled. | |
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Trees in Towns: The Government has published Trees in Towns II as an update to its 1993 document Trees in Towns. The study, based on a new survey of trees in nearly 150 towns, found that although tree health has improved, there are fewer older trees and overall planting rates have fallen. The report includes recommendations that every local authority should have a specialist tree officer and that all work on protected trees should be regularly monitored and enforcement action taken where possible. |
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The following topics have attracted responses and may be found in the Existing Threads section Reform of the PD system Wi-Fi systems – PD rights
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