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Complainant Name: Clauses Noted: 1 Publication: Ayr Advertiser Complaint: Spark of Genius (Trading) Ltd
and Spark of Genius Trust complained through Harper Macleod LLP of Glasgow that
an article which claimed that its home for children with emotional and
behavioural problems at North Lodge had been opened “illegally” was inaccurate
and misleading. As it was, the complainant considered that – contrary to South
Ayrshire Council’s position – the existing use class for the premises (Class 9
under Town & Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997) was
sufficient. Moreover, at the time of the article, no enforcement notice had been
issued by the Council.
Resolution: The
complaint was resolved when the newspaper published an agreed follow-up article
which made clear that an enforcement notice had been issued by the Council and
that this had been appealed by the complainant. The article quoted a spokesman
for Spark of Genius extensively, outlining its position that it had “at no stage
acted illegally” and that there was “no question of any illegality on the part
of Spark of Genius unless and until the enforcement notice is upheld following
appeal and there is then a failure to comply with the terms of that notice”.
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