THE Scottish council overseeing ... Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS). A screening opinion is a formal decision from a planning authority that states whether a proposed development requires an ...

Photo: DrillOrDrop The company successfully appealed to the government against a decision by North Yorkshire that the proposal for gas exploration at Burniston, near Scarborough, needed an ...

Installation of 15m of underground low voltage (LV) cable(s), section 37 consent is being sought as this is currently a single-user line which will in turn become a multi-user line, Land of Castlemans ...

Researchers have published historic Scottish government records online for the first time after a four-year long project. Historians from the University of Stirling and the University of Dundee ...

The Scottish Government emphasised that COVID-19 Care Coordinators would be a critical part of its plan moving forward, but delays in implementing these care providers have laid bare the ...

The UK and Scottish governments have announced proposals to streamline the consent process for clean energy projects in ...

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The results of new research suggest that the Scottish Government’s New Deal for Business initiative has done little to turn the tide with the business community, with signs the relationship ...

The Scottish Government backed plans to develop the hillside site which was once home to Bathgate's war memorial - despite widespread objections including from the community council. And Labour ...

The UK government is not considering a Scottish immigration visa system to help attract overseas workers north of the border. The SNP are seeking a change to the law to allow Holyrood to establish ...

Scottish Conservative shadow equalities minister Tess White MSP said: 'Wasting time and resources on this shows how disconnected the SNP government are from the real world and why people are sick ...

A pilot scheme to hold trials for serious sexual offences without a jury has been scrapped by the Scottish government. The proposal would have seen a single judge decide whether people are guilty ...