A Conservative MSP has hit out after figures revealed the amount of rejected local planning application appeals that have subsequently been overturned by the government. Maurice Golden said almost two-thirds of applications which were initially rejected by Dundee City Council were then successfuly appealed to the Scottish Government.
The 62 per cent success rate for appeals is significantly higher than the Scottish average of 45 per cent. The figures were published in the Scottish Government’s annual review of Planning and Environment Appeals Division.
It showed developers appealed to ministers in Edinburgh on 13 occasions in 2021/22 after being turned down for consent by Dundee councillors. And on eight of those instances, ministers over-ruled the local authority and allowed the appeal.
