The Supreme Court has now agreed to hear the appeal on 13 June regarding whether the Chapelton developers (and others) should make substantial contributions towards a strategic transport fund for the North East. The hearing is set for one day and the UK court will sit in Edinburgh for the first time since it was established.
A decision may be received as early as late July if it is issued before the court goes into summer recess, although that cannot be guaranteed and if issued post recess is likely to be received in September/October.
The Chapelton of Elsick company had been asked to provide £8m as part of its planning consent, but Court of Session judges reduced the bill to £287,000.
Background from earlier this year can be found at https://www.pressreader.com/…/the-…/20170121/281715499323678