- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Ochil, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 26 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-9499 by Linda Fabiani on 3 March 2008, whether it will provide details of the planning applications referred to and the grounds on which Historic Scotland objected to or recommended call-in in each case.
Answer
on 3 March 2008, whether it will provide details of the planning applications referred to and the grounds on which Historic Scotland objected to or recommended call-in in each case.
(S3W-10907)
Linda Fabiani The information requested is set out in the following table. If any further details are required about any of the cases listed, the member might wish to contact Historic Scotland directly. | Name | Local Authority | Type | Application Summary | Reason for Objection/ Call in | Outcome | Date |
| Deveron Terrace | Aberdeen-shire | NID/PA | Erection of a large sports centre | HS considered that the development would have a negative impact on the historic designed setting of the Duff House, an A-listed Property in the Care of Scottish Ministers. | PP Granted | 25/06/07 |
| Little Law Wind Turbines | Perth and Kinross | PA | Erection of 14 wind turbines at Little Law, Auchterarder. | HS considered that the location of 7 of the turbines would have a significant adverse impact on the setting of St John''s Hill, enclosure, a prehistoric earthwork which is scheduled as being a monument of national importance. | PP Refused | 08/08/07 |
| Merranblo Wind Turbines | Orkney Islands | PA | Erection of three wind turbines on Merranblo Hill, Orkney. | HS considered that the erection of the wind turbines would have a detrimental impact on the setting of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site, an internationally important grouping of neolithic monuments, including the Ring of Brodgar, the Stones of Stenness and Maes Howe, all scheduled monuments in the care of Scottish Ministers. | Pending | - |
| 14 Kilgraston Rd, Edinburgh | City of Edinburgh | LBC Call-in | Retrospective application for consent to carry out major works of alteration to a B-listed house of the 1930s designed by Robert Matthew, an important 20th Century architect. | HS considered that the works seriously affected the character of the building and called into question its continued status as a listed building. | LBC Refused | 03/07/07 |
| The Fleece Inn, Selkirk | Scottish Borders | LBC Call-in | Proposal to alter a window to form a door at a B-listed 19th Century hotel in the centre of Selkirk. | HS considered the works would have compromised the character of this prominent building within the Conservation Area. | LBC Refused | 20/12/05 |
| 58-60 Kingston Street, Glasgow | Glasgow City | LBC Call-in | Proposed demolition of a B-listed warehouse still in use to build new flats as part of a wider regeneration masterplan for Tradeston. | HS considered that demolition was not justified and would have resulted in the loss of a very distinctive listed building. | LBC Refused | 08/02/07 |
| 7-15 Albert Street | Aberdeen City | LBC Call-in | Application for a large addition to the rear of the B-listed terraced properties in a conservation area. | HS considered that the visual impact of the addition would fail to preserve the listed terrace or its setting, or the character and appearance of the conservation area. | LBC Refused | 21/12/07 |
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Ochil, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 13 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what potential it sees in using offshore energy transmission methods for (a) exporting energy generated in Scotland and (b) moving energy from point of generation to point of usage within Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Government believes that to fully capitalise on our renewables resource we must explore the potential to export electricity using sub-sea cables.
In the shorter term, we are urgently seeking fairer charging and connection regimes for Scottish generators. However, we will consider all available evidence to inform discussions on grid development options with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and other stakeholders.
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Ochil, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what total amounts were spent through the discretionary fund for higher education students, and its predecessor budgets, in each financial year since 1999-2000.
Answer
The total amounts spent through the higher education discretionary funds for each financial year since 1999-2000 are highlighted as follows:
| Financial Year | Amount Spent (£ Million) |
| 1999-2000 | 14.0 |
| 2000-01 | 14.0 |
| 2001-02 | 11.4 |
| 2002-03 | 11.4 |
| 2003-04 | 13.4 |
| 2004-05 | 13.6 |
| 2005-06 | 13.0 |
| 2006-07 | 13.5 |
Source: Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS).
Note: The years 1999-2000 and 2000-01 include monies paid to further education students studying courses of higher education at further education colleges. It has not been possible to disaggregate these sums further which is why a combined figure is given.
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Ochil, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to (a) include in its review of antisocial behaviour and (b) legislate on the issue of high hedges as covered in the proposal for a Member’s Bill in the name of Scott Barrie MSP during Session 2 of the Parliament.
Answer
The Scottish Government is exploring options, including legislative ones, for supporting a means of last resort for resolving disputes about high hedges. This will be done in parallel to the national antisocial behaviour review. In doing so, we will bear in mind consultation on the issue by the previous administration, the provisions in place in England and Wales and Scott Barrie''s bill, which fell at dissolution of the last session of the Parliament.
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Ochil, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that the current regulations for ensuring that road users are kept informed of the likely completion dates of road maintenance projects offer those users adequate levels of information.
Answer
When carrying out road maintenance projects, road authorities throughout Scotland are expected to conform to the
Code of Practice for Maintenance Management “ Delivering Best Value in Highway Maintenance. This Code of Practice, was prepared and published by The Institution of Highways and Transportation and has been supported, endorsed and recommended by, among others, The Scottish Government and COSLA as well as the Department for Transport and the other devolved administrations.
It contains guidance on information and publicity of road works and advocates the use of information boards, which can include a likely completion date, on site both prior to and during road maintenance projects.
The Scottish Government is not aware of instances where this guidance is not being adhered to and there are no plans at present to introduce legislation making it a requirement for maintenance companies to display more prominently information boards displaying an expected completion date of a road maintenance project.
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Ochil, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 3 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what principles it considers that Historic Scotland should apply in response to planning applications near sensitive historical sites.
Answer
Historic Scotland provides advice to local authorities on planning applications where the authority considers that the application will effect a scheduled monument or its setting, a Category A listed building or its setting or a site on the
Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.
The principles it applies in these circumstances are the policies set out by Scottish Ministers within National Planning Policy Guidelines Note 5 (NPPG5): Planning and Archaeology, NPPG18: Planning and the Historic Environment, the Memorandum of Guidance and Scottish Historic Environment Policies. Advice given by Historic Scotland will therefore be based upon an interpretation of these policies as applied to the circumstances of the individual application.
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Ochil, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 3 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to take forward the proposals outlined in East Coast Transmission Network: Technical Feasibility Study by the Crown Estate.
Answer
The report provides a helpful contribution towards understanding the possibilities for sub-sea grid development, which could help exploit Scotland''s potential for renewable energy. The Scottish Government will continue to discuss the development of the electricity grid with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and other stakeholders.
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Ochil, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 3 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many objections to planning applications which were at the time being considered at a national level have been received from Historic Scotland since 1999.
Answer
The information requested is not available from 1999, however, information is available from 1 April 2005. Since then, Historic Scotland has objected to three planning applications which were subsequently called in and has itself recommended call in of four applications for listed building consent.
Of these, one planning application was subsequently refused planning permission whilst all of the listed building consents were subsequently refused.
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Ochil, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 3 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers that the role of Historic Scotland should be in planning applications near sensitive historical sites.
Answer
Historic Scotland''s role in planning applications near sensitive sites is to provide advice to planning authorities on the potential impact of a proposed development on historic sites of national interest. These are scheduled monuments and their settings, category A listed buildings and their settings and sites included in the
Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. Where it considers that there would be sufficient adverse impact on the national importance of one or more of these historic sites, Historic Scotland will object on behalf of Scottish ministers. Where it considers there is a lesser impact, Historic Scotland may recommend that the planning authority impose appropriate planning conditions to mitigate the impact.
- Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Ochil, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 February 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 3 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the potential for a North Sea underwater energy transmission network for the large-scale transmission of energy between different parts of Scotland, as an objective separate from the aim of internationally transmitting energy for export which is generally associated with such a scheme.
Answer
The current focus of the Scottish Government on the electricity grid is twofold. Firstly, to secure fairer transmission charging and access to the onshore grid and, in the longer term, to achieve economic benefits from export of renewable energy.
