PE1885: Make offering Community Shared Ownership mandatory for all windfarm development planning proposals
Petition summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make Community Shared Ownership a mandatory requirement to be offered as part of all planning proposals for windfarm development.
Petitioner: Karen Murphy
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 22 July 2021
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe briefing (124KB, pdf) posted 21 November 2022
Committee meetings
6 October 2021: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government and to the Scottish Land Fund.
Official Report of Meeting 6 October 2021
2 February 2022: The Committee agreed to invite the relevant Cabinet Secretary to provide evidence.
Official Report of Meeting 2 February 2022
15 June 2022: The Committee took evidence from Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth, Andy Kinnaird, Head of Transforming Planning, and Neal Rafferty, Senior Adviser, Heat in Buildings Strategy, Scottish Government.
Official Report of Meeting 15 June 2022
29 June 2022: The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth and the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport.
Official Report of Meeting 29 June 2022
8 February 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, and the Scottish National Investment Bank.
Official Report of Meeting 08 February 2023
25 October 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Energy and the Environment and the Scottish National Investment Bank.
Official Report of Meeting 25 October 2023
Written submissions
PE1885/A: Petitioner submission of 10 August 2021 (85KB, pdf) posted 23 March 2023
PE1885/B: Scottish Government submission of 19 August 2021 (62KB, pdf) posted 23 March 2023
PE1885/C: Scottish Government submission of 4 November 2021 (78KB, pdf) posted 04 January 2024
PE1885/D: Energy Saving Trust submission of 12 November 2021 (106KB, pdf) posted 23 March 2023
PE1885/E: Petitioner submission of 6 December 2021 (100KB, pdf) posted 23 March 2023
PE1885/F: Petitioner submission of 23 June 2022 (53KB, pdf) posted 24 June 2022
PE1885/G: Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth submission of 18 August 2022 (121KB, pdf) posted 18 August 2022
PE1885/H: Petitioner submission of 19 August 2022 (63KB, pdf) posted 05 September 2022
PE1885/I: Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport submission of 7 October 2022 (61KB, pdf) posted 07 November 2022
PE1885/J: Scottish National Investment Bank submission of 13 March 2023 (8KB, pdf) posted 23 March 2023
PE1885/K: Minister for Energy submission of 6 April 2023 (60KB, pdf) posted 11 October 2023
PE1885/L:Petitioner submission of 14 May 2023 (9KB, pdf) posted 19 May 2023
PE1885/M: Minister for Energy and Environment submission of 14 November 2023 (63KB, pdf) posted 22 November 2023
PE1885/N: Petitioner submission of 27 November 2023 (65KB, pdf) posted 04 January 2024
PE1885/O: Scottish National Investment submission of 18 December 2023 (60KB, pdf) posted 08 January 2024