However, the planning provisions that Scottish Natural Heritage has proposed and that the Executive favours contain serious flaws.First, it is likely that the current proposals will prepare ripe ground for disputes between local authorities and the proposed national park board.Secondly—and ironically—the proposals will make it more difficult for Scottish Executive ministers to resolve those disputes.Thirdly, the proposals will disenfranchise those board members who are directly elected to the national park board, as compared...