Dec. 21 2023

Found: GN25 July 2023 DPEA Guidance Note 25 Selecting in-person, virtual or hybrid pro cedure for

Mentions:
1: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) committee will know that the modelling of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service predicts that solemn-proceedings - Speech Link
2: McNeill, Pauline (Lab - Glasgow) I can at least understand where the Government is coming from in relation to solemn proceedings and extending - Speech Link
3: McNeill, Pauline (Lab - Glasgow) I have a point of clarification about virtual attendance at criminal courts. - Speech Link
4: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) I suppose that virtual appearance is not new. - Speech Link

Report Nov. 13 2023

Found: and tribunals: conduct of business by electronic means etc: Attending a Court of T ribunal Enables virtual

S6W-22051

Asked by: Burnett, Alexander (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - Aberdeenshire West)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government who pays for a public local inquiry into onshore wind farm planning applications exceeding 50 megawatts; how many of these public local inquiries there have been in the last 10 years, and how much each of these inquiries cost.

Answered by Martin, Gillian - Minister for Energy and the Environment

In the period 10-10-13 to 9-10-2023 there have been 43 public local inquiries held by the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA) in respect of onshore wind farm proposals exceeding 50 megawatts which require consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.

Parties involved in planning proceedings are expected to meet their own costs. DPEA meet the costs of the reporter and administrative staff; advertisement of the case and the cost of the inquiry venue if necessary; and the general administrative costs of the case. DPEA do not record staff costs as reporters and administrative staff normally deal with a number of different case types at the same time.

DPEA began recording venue and advertisement costs from April 2019. The costs of inquiries from that date onwards are provided in the following table.

*The pattern of meeting types detailed in the information below reflects inquiries which took place during covid-related restrictions which meant that DPEA had to introduce virtual events. As covid restrictions have lifted, DPEA has transitioned back to holding some events in-person, some virtually, and some a mix of the two