Unless it's the strategic importance of whisky and pickled beetroot ... (View Post)

IANAE but it sounds similar - see this from SPICe (the Westminster equivalent being the HoC Library): https://spice-spotlight.scot/2025/05/20/planning-appeals-in-scotland/ (View Post)

SG, unless a Local Review by a convened board of local councillors fopr small scale stuff, I believe. https://www.gov.scot/publications/planning-appeals-guide/ Often decided by a designated Reporter.… (View Post)

Paternalistic ... patriarchal is someone else (the odd presenter aside). (View Post)

Hmm, [edit] differential benefits already exist, albeit primarily in salary (but feeding into pensions, one assumes). Remember when the Scottish Gmt raised income tax for some and lowered it for othe… (View Post)