- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what schemes are being developed by local authorities for funding through the Strategic Waste Fund; what technology those schemes will utilise, and what contribution they will make to meeting the Scottish Government's targets on diversion of waste from landfill and promotion of recycling.
Answer
As outlined in thebudget announcement on 14 November 2007, the current ring-fencedStrategic Waste Fund will cease to operate from 1 April 2008. Allocations are being absorbed into the local governmentsettlement. The government is still considering the way ahead on Outline BusinessCases prepared by authorities in Edinburgh, the Lothians and the Scottish Bordersand North and South Lanarkshire on diverting waste from landfill.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether SSSI designations on the Menie Estate will require to be considered by the Scottish Government in determining the planning application that it has called in.
Answer
All relevant material considerationswill be taken into account in the determination of the planning application.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive by what process the called-in application for Menie Estate will be considered.
Answer
This has not yet been decided.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what its reasons were for not calling in the Menie Estate proposal prior to the decision to refuse planning permission by the Infrastructure Services Committee of Aberdeenshire Council.
Answer
There was a general expectationthat the proposal would come before ministers, either through the application beingnotified had Aberdeenshire Council resolved to grant consent, or via an appeal againstrefusal of planning permission.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many meetings have taken place since May 1999 between the Chief Planner and developers on applications that were subsequently called in and whether it will list those applications.
Answer
Information in the form requestedis not held centrally.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will release minutes of any discussions between the Chief Planner and the developers of the Menie Estate proposals.
Answer
A minute of the meeting of 4 December 2007 is beingpublished today and will be available on the Scottish Government website at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/FOI/Disclosures.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning applications it has called in and determined without recourse to a public inquiry under the terms of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 between the establishment of the Parliament in May 1999 and 30 November 2007.
Answer
Planning applications can becalled in by Scottish ministers under powers contained in section 46 of the Townand Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997. Since May 1999, 163 planning applicationshave been called in by ministers and determined following forms of scrutiny otherthan public local inquiry.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the First Minister will make a ministerial statement regarding the decision to call in the Menie Estate planning application.
Answer
As the application site lieswithin the First Minister’s constituency he is debarred from any planning decisionsin this proposed development. It would also be inappropriate for any minister topass comment on a planning application which is currently before them for determination.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning proposals were called in after a decision to refuse planning permission had been taken by a local authority between the establishment of the Parliament in May 1999 and 30 November 2007.
Answer
None. The decision to call inthe application was taken before Aberdeenshire Council had issued its decision.The decision to call in this application was subsequently welcomed by AberdeenshireCouncil.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 18 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Water of Leith flood prevention scheme will be funded by the Scottish Government in 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 and, if so, by how much in each year.
Answer
The funding for floodingwill be provided by means of a block grant to each local authority. It will thenbe the responsibility of each local authority to allocate the total financial resourcesavailable to it on the basis of local needs and priorities having first fulfilledits statutory obligations and the jointly agreed set of national and local prioritiesincluding the Scottish Government’s key strategic objectives and manifesto commitments.
