Question reference: S1W-00091
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 16 June 1999
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Current status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 30 June 1999
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to publish details after 1 July on how many applications for approval of landfill dumping sites it is currently processing and on the number of applications being processed by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and local authorities.
Answer
Applications for planning permission for landfill sites are made in the first instance to local authorities, and for waste management licences to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). Details of such applications are held on public registers by the appropriate body but are not held centrally. SEPA publish summary numbers of licence applications and the outcome in their annual report.The Scottish Executive may process certain planning applications (such as those being considered following call-in or appeal) but there are no present plans to publish details of the number of applications being processed.