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As the member may already be aware, any community benefit proposed by an applicant is not a material consideration for Scottish Ministers to take into account in the determination of any application.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 February 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-11772 by Derek McKay on 25 October 2017, whether it plans to publish the Whole Government Accounts before April 2019 and, if not, what target date it has set.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 December 2018
The number of elected councillors involved in local scrutiny of policing has increased significantly as a result of reform, with Local Scrutiny Committees holding Police Scotland to account across the country and regional engagement meetings between Police Scotland and Local Scrutiny Committees providing direct accountability for the performance of policing in local areas.
In developing regional improvement collaboratives, we took account of the views we heard on: the importance of collaboration; the desire for curriculum area specialist support and hands on improvement support; and the need to address inconsistency while maintaining a democratically accountable role for local authorit...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 April 2017
Each new fish farm site is dealt with on its merits by local authorities under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997, taking account of advice from statutory consultees plus any representations from other interested parties, including the general public.