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Published Date: 01 April 2009
By George Kerevan
FOR years business has been demanding a reform of the planning laws in Scotland in order to speed development and reduce investment costs. Having myself acquired a sore bottom sitting on a local authority planning committee, and chaired a property development company, I understand the frustrations.
The Planning (Scotland) Act 2006 was designed to address some of these concerns. The provisions of the new legislation have been dribbling into law over the past few years. As of 6 April, another tranche of changed regulations come into force. Ex...



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  • Last Updated: 31 March 2009 8:35 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
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1

Buttress,

01/04/2009 09:06:34
Well, it is the 1st April.

Why is so much now of this online paper having to be paid for? The Guardian doesn't.
2

Mallory,

Edinburgh 01/04/2009 16:42:27
Cos Johnston Press is effectively broke of course Buttress.

Mind you £30 a year is better value than 365 x 60p or whatever the rag costs nowdays and you do get the
Evening News thing and SOS thrown in. Plus re-cyled electrons are more environmentally sound than felling hectares of trees for newsprint.

And think of all the carbon miles that will be saved if thousands of annual well-heeled visitors don't come to Edinburgh now that the Sofitel five star jobby doesn't go ahead.

 

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