Rural Affairs and Environment Committee, 19 Nov 2008

Meeting date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Official Report 223KB pdf

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Petition

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Planning Permission <br />(High Flood Risk Areas) (PE1207)

Item 4 on the agenda is petition PE1207. The petition, by Gordon Sinclair, calls for a review of Scottish planning policy to prevent developments from being built on areas that have been designated as being at high risk of flooding.

A background paper has been circulated, which includes the Public Petitions Committee's consideration of the matter. That committee referred the petition to us for our consideration, in connection with our scrutiny of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Bill. The Public Petitions Committee has written to the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, inviting their views on the issues raised in the petition. I suggest that it is appropriate to take into consideration the issues that are raised in the petition during our stage 1 consideration of the bill. Is everybody happy with that?

That is a good idea.

Members indicated agreement.

I thank everyone for their attendance.

Meeting suspended until 11:54 and thereafter continued in private until 12:10.