Current status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 21 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports of Glasgow City Council solicitors stating that the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has "not been accepting planning prosecutions in recent years", what information it has on whether this is true, and, if it is true, what its position is on whether this has the effect of undermining the authority of the planning system.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will give careful consideration to any reports of alleged criminal conduct which are submitted by the police, or any specialist reporting agency.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has no policy whereby it will not accept offences reported to by the police, or any specialist reporting agency.