Current status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 21 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many public inquiries have been held by the Scottish Ministers in each year since 1999 after a planning authority has objected to an application under the Electricity Act 1989, also broken down by how many of these objections were upheld.
Independent reporters from DPEA have held 96 public inquires on behalf of Scottish Ministers since 1999.
These relate to public inquiries held where a planning authority and/or statutory consultee objected to an application under the Electricity Act.
Dates by year are not available for cases received prior to 2011
Report Year | Application Granted | Application Refused | Not yet Decided | Total |
1999 - 2010 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2012 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
2013 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2014 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
2015 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2016 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
2017 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
2018 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
2020 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2021 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
2022 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
2023 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
Total | 41 | 32 | 11 | 96 |