Planning Process (PE554) PE554, which is about repeat planning applications, calls on the Scottish Parliament to take the necessary steps to improve the planning process by proposing that once a planning application has been refused and is not appealed, or is appealed and refused, no substantially similar planning application for the same site should be accepted unless there is a material change in circumstances.This has been a positive story to date as the Executive had previously agreed to consult planning authorities about the extent to which there are concerns relating to repeat planning applications and to thereafter consider whether any action, such as a change to primary legislation, would be necessary. The latest...