Question reference: S2O-00446
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 10 September 2003
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Current status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 September 2003
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take in respect of the erection of agricultural buildings that are inappropriate for a local area and exempt from planning consent requirements.
Answer
Permitted development rights(PDRs) grant planning permission across Scotland for various classes of minor development. Where PDRsapply to the erection of agricultural buildings, there is a restriction on thesize of the building and a prior approval procedure exists. This provides anopportunity for the planning authority to examine the siting, design andexternal appearance of the proposed building and to seek amendments ifnecessary or to refuse to allow a development to go ahead.
We are satisfied that thereare sufficient safeguards in place to guard against inappropriate developmentand we have no plans at present to alter the existing arrangements.