Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Petitioner submission of 26 August 2021
PE1852/C - Increase planning protection for Scottish battlefields
Since this petition was submitted several attempts have been made by various developers to overturn a decision made to refuse planning permission(s).
We strongly believe this shows how determined some developers are to build in the area of the Battlefield and equally demonstrates their total lack of concern for the historical importance of the site.
We would urge the Scottish Government to bring an end to the opportunity for developers to repeatedly submit planning applications with often (very) minor changes once their initial application has been refused. The Battlefield should be treated with the respect and reverence such an historically important site deserves.
We would also ask that strong consideration is given to stopping the trend of obtaining planning permission for a work building, such as a shed, and then later submitting a change of use application to make the building into a residential one.
Culloden and other Battlefields in Scotland are under constant threat of being obliterated by such proposed planning applications, our Battlefields are national treasures and must be robustly protected to preserve them and our history for future generations.