"Building our Future" sets out the Scottish Executive's objectives to raise and maintain the quality of the school estate throughout Scotland, while focusing on policy outcomes and best practice rather than specific planning issues.Concerns about the building of schools on flood plains appear to be addressed by the guidance in Scottish planning policy 7, which says:"the areas of land where water flows in times of flood … should be safeguarded from further development".The Executive has indicated that it will lodge amendments to the Planning etc (Scotland) Bill at stage 2, to require local authority applications to follow the standard planning application process.I invite members to consider whether the issues raised in the petition on developments in which local authorities have an interest should be taken into account...