Talk Porty ~ Portobello

Planning is not ostensibly the most exciting of subjects. However, it affects many aspects of our lives, and residents in Portobello are only too aware of how little power communities and individuals have when faced with big developers trying to make money out of unsuitable proposals. On 30th July t...

Reports in the media yesterday that the Executive have already decided against introducing third party rights of appeal even before the consultation has closed, really beggar belief. Unfortunately, it could further alienate those people who already thought that anything the government consulted upon...

It is heartening to see the great interest in the government's current consultation on rights of appeal in planning. Friends of the Earth Scotland has worked with many communities around Scotland who have protested against unjust planning decisions, and we have long campaigned for a third party righ...