PE1852: Increase planning protection for Scottish battlefields
Petition summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to designate historic battlefields with a heritage status and implement a stricter planning framework to protect them.
Petitioner: George Kempik on behalf of Group to Stop the development at Culloden
Status: Closed
Date published: 03 February 2021
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
Committee meetings
1 September 2021: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that the Scottish Government already has processes and procedures in place to ensure the protection and preservation of Scottish Battlefields, and it has no plans to review these processes further. The Committee also agreed to write to the Scottish Government.
Official Report of Meeting 1 September 2021
Written Submissions
Read any written submissions received before May 2021 on our old site
Written submissions received after May 2021 are below:
PE1852/C: Petitioner submission of 26 August 2021 (, ) posted 27 August 2021
PE1852/D: Scottish Government submission of 5 October 2021 (, ) posted 07 October 2021