Council planning scheme under fire

A SCOTTISH council is intending to charge firms more than £100,000 to fast-track planning bids.

Aberdeen City Council said it was in talks over introducing a fee-charging system that would help it prioritise larger applications. However, opposition politicians yesterday called the move a "money-making scheme".

Kingswells and Sheddocksley SNP Councillor David Cameron said smaller companies and residents with less cash to spare would be pushed aside by the new system.

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