Question reference: S5W-33608
- Asked by: Iain Gray, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 30 November 2020
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Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 3 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many East Lothian planning appeals Reporters have considered and how many decisions made by the local planning authority were overturned, in each year since 2016 to date, and how these figures compared with the Scottish average.
Answer
The number of planning appeals that have been examined by a reporter, and those that have been subsequently allowed by a reporter since 2016, for East Lothian Council area and Scotland as a whole, are set out in the following table.
Period | East Lothian | Scotland | ||||
Decided | Allowed | %age Allowed | Decided | Allowed | %age Allowed | |
2016 | 4 | 3 | 75% | 202 | 110 | 54% |
2017 | 3 | 1 | 33% | 173 | 73 | 42% |
2018 | 4 | 1 | 25% | 183 | 71 | 39% |
2019 | 4 | 3 | 75% | 162 | 69 | 43% |
01-01-20 to 30-11-20 | 4 | 2 | 50% | 123 | 55 | 45% |
* Figures shown relate to the period 01-01-2016 until 30-11-2020, broken down by year.