Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA): annual review 2022 to 2023

What We Have Achieved

Our figures for the amount of cases we process in a year has continued to improve by another 10% on top of the 30% year in year improvement last year. We have exceeded our targets for deciding delegated appeals determined with no further procedure by 6%, and by 7% for those determined by site inspection.

We continue to recognise that to improve the quality and speed of our decision making we need to remain focused on continuous improvement and enhance the support systems we have in place for all reporters to broaden and deepen their skills.

The number of planning permission appeals that should have been submitted to a planning authority’s Local Review Body (LRB) rather than ourselves continues to be an issue. We are continuing to monitor the decision notices issued by them and where the notices don’t clearly indicate which route applicants need to use to get their applications reconsidered we point this out to the authorities and ask them to review their processes for issuing decision notices to ensure that the route for reconsideration of decisions is always clear. We have also reviewed our guidance on this issue in regard to the terminology used. The main cause appears to be users of the e-development portal indicating an appeal to Scottish Ministers rather than to the LRB.

Planning And Other Appeals

The Scottish Government places great emphasis on the importance of a modern planning service to stimulate sustainable economic growth and to encourage investment in Scotland. One of the key objectives of planning reform was to remove unnecessary delays and to speed up decisions on planning applications and appeals.

As part of these reforms planning authorities are expected to submit a completed Planning Authority Response Form (PARF) within 21 days of receipt of a valid planning related appeal. We monitor the performance of the planning authorities in meeting this target and engage regularly with any that are consistently underperforming and causing delays in our ability to reach decisions on such appeals.

The table below gives details of each planning authority’s performance in this respect.

Planning Authorities’ Performance In Their Submission Of Completed PARFS

Planning authority	PARFS received in year	Returned within 21 days	% Returned within 21 days	Average days to submit
Aberdeen City Council	13	10	77%	21
Aberdeenshire Council	21	12	57%	20
Angus Council	4	2	50%	20
Argyll and Bute Council	2	1	50%	27
Cairngorms National Park Authority	2	1	50%	22
City of Edinburgh Council	108	55	51%	23
Clackmannanshire Council	1	1	100%	15
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council)	1	1	100%	19
Dumfries and Galloway Council	12	6	50%	27
Dundee City Council	9	7	78%	17
East Ayrshire Council	3	1	33%	22
East Dunbartonshire Council	4	4	100%	18
East Lothian Council	2	0	0%	34
East Renfrewshire Council	7	1	14%	30
Falkirk Council	5	3	60%	32
Fife Council	31	6	19%	27
Glasgow City Council	24	11	46%	31
Highland Council	17	8	47%	26
Inverclyde Council	1	1	100%	19
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority	5	4	80%	17
Midlothian Council	6	5	83%	18
Moray Council	7	6	86%	18
North Ayrshire Council	5	2	40%	25
North Lanarkshire Council	9	1	11%	32
Orkney Islands Council	1	0	0%	29
Perth and Kinross Council	12	8	67%	23
Renfrewshire Council	3	2	67%	20
Scottish Borders Council	6	5	83%	22
Shetland Islands Council	1	1	100%	21
South Ayrshire Council	3	0	0%	29
South Lanarkshire Council	4	2	50%	25
Stirling Council	5	2	40%	26
West Dunbartonshire Council	4	3	75%	22
West Lothian Council	33	13	39%	26
Overall	371	185	50%	24

With delegated appeals determined by initial written submissions and a site inspection our percentage decided within target was better this year at 87% and our average time taken to determine them was also better at 11.6 weeks, compared to 81% and 12.2 weeks last year. These figures are particularly pleasing when the increase in volume of appeals decided by this method are taken into consideration, 252 appeals this year compared to 206 last year.

With regard to planning appeals, 39 appeals were allowed and 37 appeals dismissed where local planning authority planners recommendation was to grant consent and 38 appeals allowed and 26 appeals dismissed where local authority planners recommendation was to refuse consent.

For more complex appeals determined by the use of further written submissions we did not meet our 80% target for completion within 20 weeks, although the percentage did increase from 66% to 70%, whilst the average time taken remained static at 21.6 weeks.

The low number of delegated appeals that require to be determined by use of hearing and inquiry sessions will always make it more difficult for us to meet our targets for their determination. Even a doubling of the number of appeals determined by these methods this year, from four to eight, gives little scope for the leeway available when decision numbers are in the hundreds. That being said we are disappointed that no such appeals have been determined within target this year.

For more detail on these matters please see performance against our targets.

We have dealt with appeals for significant development proposals including:

Residential Developments Over 10 Units

Location	Houses / Flats	Decision
Alloa	91	Appeal Allowed
Armadale (South West Main Street)	375	Appeal Allowed
Armadale (Upper Bathvile)	280	Appeal Dismissed
Balerno	350	Appeal Dismissed
Bathgate	189	Appeal Allowed
Bearsden	65	Appeal Allowed
Bo'ness	12	Appeal Allowed
Bothwell	44	Appeal Dismissed
Bridge of Weir	39	Appeal Allowed
Carnoustie	60	Appeal Dismissed
Clydebank	99	Appeal Allowed
Cupar	40	Appeal Allowed
East Calder (Drumshoreland Garden Community, 108 Hectare)	1800	Appeal Dismissed
East Calder (Drumshoreland Garden Community, 58 Hectare)	400	Appeal Dismissed
East Calder (Oakbank Road)	90	Appeal Allowed
East Whitburn	104	Appeal Allowed
Edinburgh (Bath Street)	20	Appeal Dismissed
Edinburgh (Canongate)	76	Appeal Allowed
Edinburgh (North of Craigs Road)	500	Appeal Dismissed
Edinburgh (Dundas Street)	50	Appeal Dismissed
Edinburgh (Lasswade Road)	99	Appeal Allowed
Edinburgh (Watertoun Road)	49	Appeal Allowed
Elderslie	25	Appeal Allowed
Falkirk	91	Appeal Allowed
Forfar	245	Appeal Dismissed
Forres	48	Appeal Allowed
Glenrothes	200	Appeal Allowed
Gorebridge	308	Appeal Dismissed
Inverkeithing	180	Appeal Dismissed
Johnstone	53	Appeal Allowed
Lanark	36	Appeal Allowed
Larbert	250	Appeal Dismissed
Lennoxtown	49	Appeal Dismissed
Livingston	300	Appeal Allowed
Monifieth	50	Appeal Dismissed
Paisley	603	Appeal Allowed
Penicuik	46	Appeal Allowed
Plean	117	Appeal Allowed
St Andrews	18	Appeal Dismissed
Stoneyburn	300	Appeal Allowed
Wellwood	140	Appeal Allowed
West Calder (Mossend, Site K)	67	Appeal Allowed
West Calder (Mossend, Site Y4)	22	Appeal Allowed
West Calder (South of West Mains Crofts)	17	Appeal Dismissed

We publish weekly statistics on all developments with 10 or more houses.

Number of Houses Consented in All Residential Developments Over 5 Years

Review year	Houses/Flats consented
2022/23	3700
2021/22	1851
2020/21	2258
2019/20	9410
2018/19	1719

Wind Farm Appeals (Two Or More Turbines)

Location	Turbines	Decision
Rickarton, Stonehaven	11	Appeal Allowed
North East of Strachur Village, Argyll & Bute	9	Appeal Allowed
Parton, Castle Douglas	7	Appeal Dismissed
Corsock, Castle Douglas	9	Appeal Dismissed
Cornharrow, St John’s Town of Dalry (SJTD)	8	Appeal Allowed
South West of Moniaive, Dumfries & Galloway	9	Appeal Allowed
Glenshimmeroch Hill and Kinair Hill, SJTD	10	Appeal Allowed
Sorn, Ayrshire	5	Appeal Dismissed
Rogart, Highland	7	Appeal Dismissed
Sandside, Reay, Caithness	7	Appeal Dismissed
Dunbeath, Caithness	6	Appeal Dismissed
Lyth, Wick	11	Appeal Allowed
Dufftown, Moray, AB55	7	Appeal Allowed
East of Fardens, Skelmorlie, Ayrshire	10	Appeal Dismissed
Costa Head, Orkney	4	Appeal Allowed
Hesta Head, Orkney	5	Appeal Allowed

In 2022/23 DPEA reporters granted planning permission for 300 MW of output.

Statistics for all wind turbine appeal decisions are published on our website

Other notable appeals decided in this year include:

• As in the last few years a number of appeals relating to short stay commercial visitor accommodation
• A new quarry for sand and gravel extraction in West Linton
• Fish farm at Loch Hourn, Arnisdale
• A care home in Banchory
• A number of LED digital display advert appeals in Edinburgh
• A solar photovoltaic array in Invergowrie
• Change of use of Carriston Reservoir to a fishery
• Erection of 21 maturation warehouses in Bathgate
• Extension to Sheephill Quarry, Milton
• Factory and office accommodation in Ellon

Recalled Appeals

Reports were submitted to Scottish Ministers in two appeals that had been recalled for their consideration. These were for a new access road and active travel route from Edinburgh Airport to Gogar Roundabout, and a mixed use development near Meadowfield Farm, Turnhouse Road, Edinburgh.

Called In Planning Applications

As listed below, 18 reports for called-in planning applications were submitted to Scottish Ministers for their consideration.

Called-in Planning Application Reports Submitted To Scottish Ministers

Location	Proposed developments
Faray, Orkney	6 Wind Turbines
Crookbridge, Stirling	Offices, retail, drive-thru restaurant
Isle of Whithorn, Newton Stewart	Boat shed and related facilities
Business Park, Dingwall	Office/Workshop and storage unit
Business Park, Dingwall	Storage and office unit
Business Park, Dingwall	Office/Workshop
Damhead, Edinburgh	9 houses
St. Vincent Street, Glasgow	Conversion of offices to 14 serviced flats
Yoker Ferry Road, Glasgow	36 flats
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire	Conversion of building to house
Clickimin Loch, Lerwick	Demolition of building and erection of house
Post Office, Kyleakin, Isle of Skye	Replace annex with house
Crimond, Cannich, Inverness	A house
Bonar Bridge, Ardgay, Highlands	Tourist facilities, use of site for Campervans
Various streets, Campbeltown	Demolition of five tenement blocks
Sheephill Fort, Auchentorlie	Quarrying operations
Market Place, Portree	Siting of catering trailer
Netherton Farm, Renfrew	Variation to wording of a planning condition

Planning Obligation Appeals

As with the previous year decisions were issued for ten planning obligation appeals in 2022/23, some details of which are shown in the following table.

Planning Obligation Appeal Decisions Issued

Authority	Modification sought	Decision
Argyll and Bute Council	The Use of the Garage/Ancillary Accommodation at the Appeal Site is to be Restricted to Use Ancillary to the Main House	Appeal Allowed
Dundee City Council	Education Contributions	Appeal Allowed
East Dunbartonshire Council	Education Contributions	Appeal Dismissed
Highland Council	Separate Sale of House from a Neighbouring Industrial Unit	Appeal Allowed
Midlothian Council	Education Contributions	Appeal Allowed
North Lanarkshire Council	Education Contributions	Appeal Allowed
Perth and Kinross Council	Education Contributions	Appeal Allowed
West Lothian Council	Town Centre Improvement Contributions	Appeal Allowed in Part
West Lothian Council	Town Centre Improvement Contributions	Appeal Allowed
West Lothian Council	Cemetery Contributions	Appeal Allowed

Local Development Plan Examinations (LDP)

In 2022/23 Circular 6/2013: Development Planning provided further guidance on Ministers’ expectations in terms of moving swiftly from the main issues report stage through to proposed plan, examination and adoption with a view to ensuring that we had an up to date, plan led system.

The Circular has now been replaced with Guidance and DPEA has had early discussions with planning authorities, Heads of Planning Scotland and key agencies in relation to how the new process will work.

Three LDP examinations, further details of which are given in table 6A, were completed in 2022/23. The examinations were completed in an average of 60 weeks, which is over the target of 9 months (39 weeks) referred to in Circular 6/2013. Modifications were recommended in relation to all proposed plans, ranging from minor modifications to conclusions regarding deficiency or non-compliance with national policy.

There were five ongoing examinations with us at the end of the review period. Subsequent to which we completed the examination of the Argyll and Bute Proposed Local Development Plan. There will be no new proposed plans submitted to us before the end of March 2024 due to the changes in the development plan process. However, 10 planning authorities have told us they expect to submit evidence reports to us as part of the new Gatecheck process by then.

We will continue to drive continuous improvement in this area of our work, and seek to implement best practice with agreement of all involved in implementing new processes required by changes to the planning system.

To support that, we strongly encourage those authorities that are in the process of preparing their evidence report or proposed development plan to engage with us at an early stage. This should be as early as possible in the process.

Since 2018/19 we have liaised earlier and more regularly during the plan preparation stage and we have continued to build on this in years following. A key aim of this engagement is to assist the authority in marshalling the representations into sensible groups. Authorities will also want to ensure that sufficient time is factored into their timetable for the administrative task of pulling their examination material together.

This year as part of the early stage engagement we met with the LDP teams of four planning authority’s – Scottish Borders, City of Edinburgh, East Ayrshire and Loch Lomond & The Trossachs.

We work closely with authorities in the period leading up to submission of the plan for examination. If we are to complete examinations in reasonable time it is essential that authorities provide accurate timescales of when the plan will be submitted. We have previously sought to line reporters up for examinations in order that work can commence as soon as possible after it has been submitted. However, slippage in submission of plans has resulted in reporters not being allocated to a plan until it is actually received. As reporters workloads are scheduled up to six months in advance this has meant delays to the examination commencing with a knock on impact on the time taken to complete the examination.

Other Casework

DPEA deals with a wide variety of non-planning casework including inquiries held under the Electricity Act, the Transport and Works Act and inquiries into Roads Orders and Compulsory Purchase Orders. These casework types tend to be very resource-intensive for DPEA, both in terms of reporter and caseworker commitment, and remain a focus of efficiency initiatives.

We also have responsibility for determining environmental appeals made to Scottish Ministers against decisions made by SEPA in relation to the control and prevention of pollution, water quality and waste management.

Statistics giving the volume and breakdown of casework are in tables 1 to 3 of Appendix A to this report.

Electricity Act Cases

Applications to construct or vary electricity generating stations (including onshore wind farms) with a capacity of more than 50 megawatts are made to the Scottish Ministers under section 36 and 36C of the Electricity Act 1989. Scottish Ministers also deal with applications to construct overhead electric power lines (section 37) and, where these cannot be agreed, applications for any necessary wayleaves over land for the purpose of constructing or maintaining access to power lines.

This year five reports were submitted to Ministers for applications for section 36 wind farms. Those were for; Sheirdrim, Argyll & Bute; Kirkan, Garve, Highland; Clashindarroch, Huntly, Aberdeenshire; Clauchrie, Barhill, South Ayrshire and Shepherds Rigg, Carsphairn, Dumfries & Galloway.

At the end of the review period we had in-hand a further 11 Section 36 applications for wind farms and five Section 37 applications for different parts of the same power line, plus an application for a part of a different power line, as listed below.

Electricity Act Applications In Hand

DPEA reference	Planning authority	Type & Name
WIN-110-3	Aberdeenshire Council	Wind Farm - Glendye
WIN-130-6	Argyll and Bute Council	Wind Farm – Narachan Hill
WIN-130-7	Argyll and Bute Council	Wind Farm – Clachaig Glen
WIN-170-2007	Scottish Borders Council	Wind Farm – Faw Side
WIN-270-15	Highland Council	Wind Farm – Kintradwell
WIN-270-16	Highland Council	Wind Farm – Cairn Duhie
WIN-270-17	Highland Council	Wind Farm - Corriegarth
WIN-270-18	Highland Council	Wind Farm – Strath Oykel
WIN-270-19	Highland Council	Wind Farm – Hollandmey
WIN-370-4	South Ayrshire Council	Wind Farm - Craiginmoddie
WIN-370-5	South Ayrshire Council	Wind Farm - Knockcronal
TRL-170-1, 2, 3, 4 & 5	Dumfries and Galloway Council	Transmission Line – Kendoon to Tongland
TRL-130-1	Argyll and Bute Council	Transmission Line – Dalmally to Inverarnan

Decisions issued by Scottish Ministers this year following a reporter’s report and recommendation to grant consent totalled 952 MW of output.

We also submitted 10 reports to Ministers on applications for a necessary wayleave. During the course of the year 42 wayleaves cases that had been referred to us were withdrawn, some after a considerable amount of work had been carried out on them. At the end of the review period we had 53 such cases in-hand. There is a continuing pattern of a high proportion these cases being withdrawn, for example of the 116 such referred to us since 01 January 2020 only 17 were allowed to reach the stage where we submitted reports to Scottish Ministers. We anticipate there will be a sharp increase in these cases over the coming years and that is a major concern for us in terms of resources and budget.

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Three reports on compulsory purchase orders were submitted this year. These were for land for the Killiecrankie To Glen Garry A9 Dualling; land at Dalwhinnie Water Treatment Works and a flat at Allison Street, Glasgow.

Other Orders and Reports

Trunking order, side roads order and extinguishment of public rights of way order reports relating to the same A9 dualling section were submitted. As were four stopping up and diversion order reports for sections of core paths near Redgorton, Perth & Kinross. Other reports submitted were for a roads order and a stopping up order for various roads in Edinburgh; stopping up orders for Mill Street, Broughty Ferry and Scapa Crescent, Orkney; plus traffic regulation orders for various roads in Luss and Edinburgh.

Core Path Plans

A report into the proposed diversion of North Lanarkshire Core Path 281 was also submitted during the review year. Similar to what we do with Local Development Plans we have commenced early engagement with authorities due to submit a Core Path Plan for examination.

Environmental Appeals

In 2022/23 we issued three decisions on environmental appeals involving the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). Two concerned alleged non-compliance with measures under reservoirs acts and orders at Loch Steisebhat, Isle Of Harris and the other concerned conditions imposed on a Marine Pen Fish Farm Permit at Loch Linnhe.

High Hedges

We made 15 decisions in 2022/23 on valid appeals dealt with under the High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013.

Further information about high hedges can be found in the Scottish Government’s guide to local authorities and our high hedge appeals forms and guidance page.

Historic Environment (Scotland) Act 2014

In 2022/23 we made two decisions on building designation appeals. One for the Byre at Kriklea, Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway and the other on a second appeal regarding the listing of gates and gatepiers at Linden Park, Hawick.

Community Asset Transfer Appeals (CAT)

CAT Appeal Reports Submitted To Scottish Ministers

DPEA Reference	Authority	Asset
CAT-250-2	Fife Council	Stratheden Hospital, Cupar
CAT-380-1	South Lanarkshire Council	The Jock Stein Centre, Hamilton
CAT-410-1	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Old Co-Op Building, Castlebay, Barra

We have one other appeal of this type in progress. We have continued to engage with the client division to assist in improving guidance and processes.

Court Of Session Appeals

The table below sets out cases appealed to, and decisions made by, the Court of Session in 2022/23 in relation to appeals decided by reporters.

Court Of Session Appeals Position

Case reference	Date referred to Court of Session	Court of Session outcome date	Court of Session outcome
ENA-120-2019	11/05/2021	08/04/2022	Upheld
PPA-170-2157	01/03/2022	15/06/2022	Withdrawn
PPA-270-2237	01/04/2022	12/05/2022	Quashed
PPA-280-2035	20/04/2022	20/01/2023	Upheld
PPA-400-2121	26/05/2022	20/01/2023	Upheld
HHA-230-19	19/07/2022	15/11/2022	Upheld
PPA-400-2131	07/10/2022	27/10/2022	Quashed
PPA-400-2132	10/10/2022	27/10/2022	Quashed
PPA-120-2059	10/10/2022	12/01/2023	Quashed
ENA-300-2020	29/11/2022	16/03/2023	Quashed
ENA-230-2234	03/03/2023
ENA-210-2019	28/03/2023

Customer Feedback

We welcome feedback on any aspect of the service that we provide as well as suggestions as to how we can further improve. Please send any comments to DPEA@gov.scot. We have continued to seek feedback on our service through a customer survey for parties involved in delegated casework. A link to the DPEA Customer Survey is sent to all parties with the notification of the final decision and is also available on case publication page on the web. Questions are asked relating to the case publication site, guidance and forms on our web pages, communication, clarity of the decision notice and interactions with staff. Responses in the last year have remained limited, despite efforts to increase participation, and it has therefore been difficult to draw any firm conclusions from the responses.

Stakeholders Forum

Our Stakeholders Forum continued to meet this year in the virtual world to allow us to share experiences and provide us with constructive feedback on our performance and to make suggestions for improvement of the service that we offer. The Group covered a wide range of issues including staffing and budgets; the benefits and dis-benefits of virtual/hybrid PEM’s, hearings and inquiries; improving performance in relation to hearing and inquiry cases; planning reform; DPEA performance; DPEA IT systems; and appeal fees.

Stakeholders Forum Members

Scottish Property Federation

Homes for Scotland

CBI Scotland

Scottish Renewables Planning Group

Heads of Planning Scotland

Planning Aid Scotland

Planning Democracy

Royal Town Planning Institute Scotland

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Scotland

Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Scottish Planning, Local Government and Environmental Law Bar Group

The Society of Local Authority Solicitors

Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Historic Environment Scotland

Scottish Environment Link

The Law Society of Scotland

Scottish Natural Heritage

Scotland Against Spin

Balerno Community Trust and South West Edinburgh Communities Forum

The Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council

The Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland

Sustainable Communities Scotland

Sir Frank Mears Associates & Association of Mediators

Staff Engagement

In the course of the year our staff were invited to take part in a civil service wide staff survey that asked questions on leadership and managing change, their work, their line manager, pay and benefits, resources and workload, learning and development, organisational objectives and purpose, inclusion and fair treatment and their team. Overall, the results showed a slight improvement from 2021/22. From the results we will give particular focus to learning and development and increasing understanding of DPEA’s place in the Scottish Government and our contribution to the National Performance Framework and National Outcomes.

Learning And Development

With regard to the professional development of reporters, we have held hybrid seminars at which external and in-house speakers give talks on planning policy, legislative reform and new issues for our casework. The topics have included the community asset transfer appeals; environmental appeals; short-term lets; reflections on court cases; telecoms infrastructure; national parks; and NPF4. Reporters are divided into four discussion groups, each of which is led by a Principal Reporter and provides a forum for reporters to discuss problems or difficulties, to consult with colleagues, to identify best practice and to promote consistency. A change was made during 2022/23 so that discussion groups now focus on specific aspects of work that the members of each group are currently engaged on.

The Principal Reporters act as professional mentors for more junior reporters and offer advice on procedure and best practice. We also have a system of peer review where a small group of reporters meet to critique their work. The purpose is to enable reporters to exchange constructive criticism on a confidential basis, to benefit from the experience of other colleagues, to resolve problems and again to share best practice.

In suitable cases a junior reporter is paired with a more senior colleague to gain experience of working on more complex cases. This enables a sharing of the burden on complex cases, and more importantly has been invaluable in training less-experienced reporters to undertake more significant casework, particularly those that proceed by hearing or inquiry. This has again especially been the case in the last year in relation to Section 36 Electricity Act cases.

Our system of Specialist Advisers continues to operate where reporters take responsibility for a specific area of our work and feedback to the group on issues arising as well as providing advice with regard to their area of specialism. These subjects include aquaculture; development economics; ecology; energy from waste; flooding; human rights; national park/rural issues; noise; and ornithology.

Requests For Information

Over the year we responded to 31 requests for information under the Environmental Information Regulations. These requests are often of a statistical nature or for case specific information. We also responded to almost 100 pieces of correspondence sent directly to Scottish Ministers.

Complaints

In the course of the year we received eight formal complaints regarding our work – up from three in 2021/22. The complaints covered issues ranging from attendance at an inquiry; delay in issuing a decision; handling of cases; inaccuracies in the decision notice; and failure to consult with the appropriate parties in considering a case. Two complaints were taken to Stage 2 of the complaints process.

Where there is a complaint about an administrative error or some other failure in the service we provide we try to ensure that this is investigated promptly, that an apology is given where our service falls short of acceptable standards and that appropriate remedial action is taken to ensure that this does not happen again. We try to resolve complaints informally in the first instance but a customer may elect to pursue a complaint on a more formal basis, in which case the procedure in our Complaints Policy applies.

If the complaint is about the outcome of an appeal then we explain that the decision of the reporter is final and cannot be revoked or reviewed by DPEA or by Ministers. Customers are, however, made aware of their statutory right to appeal to the Court of Session on a point of law.

Finance

DPEA Expenditure and Income

Expenditure	£
Salaries	3,506,500
Self-Employed Reporter Fees	293,016
Travel & Subsistence	69,826
Administration	168,476
Venue Hire	14,503
Advertising	15,893
Legal Services	51,226
IT Development	24,787
Total	4,144,227
Income*	366,368