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The Cummins Engine Co. manufactory in Lanarkshire closed in 1998 with a massive loss of jobs, devastating the town of Shotts. The building complex lay empty/underutilised for two decades. Its latest owner has done much to revive its fortunes and …
Planning permission has been granted to operate a waste recyling facility, following an appeal by Pearson Planning, Chartered Surveyors. Despite being located within the countryside, residents of nearby villages objected to the local planning authority. The original application was made …
Questions are being asked about the professional conduct of a local planning authority officer, after an Enforcement Notice, She served, was forced to be withdrawn.The Notice alledged that a fence had been erected around amenity land to stop residents of …
Pearson Planning, Chartered Surveyors has obtained planning permission for two executive houses in the countryside, 20 miles from Edinburgh. The redundant Birkenshaw Mill was acquired by a private client. The local planning authority welcomed the clearance of unsightly, dilapidated rendered …
The Scotsman newspaper reported online in February 2019 that 1 in 8 properties on the Isle of Skye were being offered for let for holiday accommodation. A consequence of this is squeezing the resident population out: numerically or by lack …
Pearson Planning, Chartered Surveyors has obtained planning permission for a agricultural worker’s dwelling, for a cereal crop farmer, on His holding, in the countryside. On realising the famer was staying in a house in the nearby market town, the Planning …
Certain types of development may produce effects on the environment. Consequently, since 1992 there has been an Environmental Impact Assessment regime in place, and planning permission may not be granted if EIA has not been conducted. The EU has stated …
Most peoplle have heard of the concept of Localism i.e. taking decisions about local matters at a local level. However, do users of the planning system really undertsand what that means? For most householders it means the decision on a …
Pearson Planning, Chartered Surveyors has saved a private client £26,500 in developer contributions previously demanded by a local planning authority. The Client had sought planning permission for housing and the authority had required payment of the money towards new Secondary …
Farm owners, who employed a Farm Manager (rather than Farm themeselves) can remain in their purpose built Farmhouse, following the issue of a Certificate of Lawfulness. Planning permission was granted by Scottish Ministers in 2004 for the construction of a …