Julie Logan

By e-mail [ [FOI #3014 email]]

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13 October 2008

Dear Ms Logan

We refer to your requests dated 15 September 2008, in which you ask:

We have dealt with your request in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) and Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.

In relation to your first request, we have written 3 reports in relation to the Caltongate proposal and copies of these can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/publications/foi/FOI-Caltongate.

During a telephone conversation on 25 July 2008, with myself, CEC advised the Scottish Government of its omission of the procedure followed when processing the Caltongate development application. Subsequently I wrote to CEC, on 1 August 2008, to inform it that as there had not been full compliance with the terms of the Town and Country Planning (Notificaiton of Applications)(Scotland) Direction 2007, these applications could not be considered to have been notifed. The letter went on to request that further consultation should be carried out and, if CEC were still minded to grant, the applications should then be notified to Scottish Ministers for their consideration. A copy of this letter can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/publications/foi/FOI-Caltongate.

We hold no other information relating to your request.

If you are unhappy with this response to your request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review, by writing to Dr Andrew Goudie, Director General Economy, Scottish Government, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ. Your request should explain why you wish a review to be carried out, and should be made within 40 working days of receipt of this letter, and we will reply within 20 working days of receipt. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to make a formal complaint to the Scottish Information Commissioner.

Yours sincerely

Lynne McDougall