Richard Anderson: 'Mora, taciturnity and acquiescence' mean the objection process will probably favour developers

THE inquiry into Donald Trump's golf resort proposal in Aberdeenshire is likely to be the "last hurrah" of the old planning system.

The details are still being worked out but the main challenge is likely to be by way of judicial review. For such applications, a time limit (of three months) was introduced in England but not in Scotland. In what has been justified as a drive for "g...