FOI/202100158151 · FOI · unclear
Local authority fees under High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013: FOI release
Information requested
Detail on the fees set by each local authority in Scotland to proceed with an application under the high hedges act.
Response
The Scottish Government does not routinely collect or hold the information requested as these are matters for individual local authorities. However, as part of an ad hoc information gathering exercise in 2020/21, the Scottish Government did receive the information collated in the table below:
Local Authority Fee Applied Aberdeen City £395 Aberdeenshire £450 Angus £275 Argyll and Bute £450 City of Edinburgh £350 plus £100 for any additional property to be assessed plus £100 if more than 6 hedge owners. Clackmannanshire £401 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar £382 Dumfries and Galloway £450 Dundee City £400 East Ayrshire £400 East Dunbartonshire £401 East Lothian £402 East Renfrewshire £477.50 Falkirk £401 Fife £385 Glasgow City £500 Highland £450 Inverclyde £202 Midlothian £300 Moray £425.39 North Ayrshire £382 North Lanarkshire £450 (£225 for disabled applicants) Orkney Island £401 Perth and Kinross £300 Renfrewshire £200 Scottish Borders £400 Shetland Islands £0 South Ayrshire £495 South Lanarkshire £401 Stirling £192 West Dunbartonshire £404 West Lothian £401
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