§ Mr. Stodartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps his Department takes in order to ensure that any conditions which he lays down in respect of a planning application, as he did in the case of Hillwood House, Corstorphine, are observed.
§ Mr. RossThe enforcement of planning control is a matter for the local planning authority, although default powers are available to me. In the case of Hillwood House, Edinburgh, I have had no planning application before me for decision. In the review of the city 267W development plan which Edinburgh Corporation submitted in 1965 it proposed to re-zone the grounds of the house from agriculture to public open space. After the public local inquiry into this review had been held the corporation sought a modification to re-zone this land as private open space; when published this attracted objections which have been the subject of a public local inquiry, in the light of which I will decide about the modification.