11th June 2012 http://www.scotlink.org/files/policy/ParliamentaryBriefings/LINKEnv&LocalGovbriefing2012.pdf
Scotland’s Councils are crucial to the delivery of sustainability, but at present environmental delivery by our local government is patchy. It can be significantly improved if the national framework and the local planning of Councils are enhanced. LINK intends to persist with this task of the improvement of environmental delivery at local levels. We believe that the best way to achieve this improvement is through the full and proper exercise of public scrutiny by our elected representatives in Holyrood and the Council Chambers.