Comments on: Sustainability – low impact development

By: Sue Hudson

Sue Hudson — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:40:33 +0000

Stephanie, I am familiar with the lowland crofting policy that was used by (I think) West Lothian and also by Dumfries and Galloway – are there any other models you could point me in the direction of? I am also referring in my report to the Climate Change Act – and have all sorts of literature from smallholdings that exist elsewhere – just need to pile enough onto the material considerations side of the scales!!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:32:04 +0000

Hi Sue, I can sympathise with your frustration. As the application is for smallholdings, have you thought about integrating this project into the Lowland Crofting land use concept/model?

By: Sue Hudson

Sue Hudson — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:07:39 +0000

This has also been my experience to date with an application in North Lanarkshire Council – an application for 7 smallholdings on the edge of a town but in the green belt is being regarded wholly in terms of the green belt policy – the planners don’t seem able/willing to weigh material considerations such as the SG aims for carbon reduction and sustainable lifestyle choices into the equation at all – its very dispiriting and frustrating . Would be keen to hear of any useful approaches -