Authority Obtained for Temporary Accommodation for Deerstalkers

Man of Action Posted on January 17, 2013 Posted in News

Planning permission has been obtained by Pearson Planning, Chartered Surveyors for temporary accommodation for deer stalkers in North Yorkshire. Policy normally prohibits new dwellings in the countryside. However, Harrogate Council was persuaded that exception must be made for those engaged in the legal cull of deer, as firearms cannot be kept on a licensed caravan site. Pearson Planning obtained consent just in time for the new season.

Edinburgh, 12 November, and Ivan McKee MSP announced to the national assembly that work on introducing a Community Infrstructure Levy in Scotland is “stopped”. Ivan ‘the terrible’ McKee recognised that the Levy was not welcome. There is a general acceptance, too, that much needed house building is being stalled by disproportionate obligation demands, and as Ivan says “unpredictable, costly and lengthy” planning application processes. McKee, branded ‘the terrible’ because of His handling of public finances north of the Cheviots, offers only one solution: higher planning fees! Genius! Increasing (again) authority revenues is not the solution. The vast majority of applications are determined by individual Officers (many of which have no professional qualifications) without the right of appeal. This needs to stop. SNP Government spending for 2023-2024 had a negative fiscal balance of -£22 billion. This must stop.