Question reference: S2W-02015
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 13 August 2003
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Current status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 August 2003
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has for the national co-ordination of the building of wind farms.
Answer
The guiding principle to our policies on promoting renewable energy developments is that the land use planning system should play its full part in the process. Within this framework, positive provision is being made for wind farm developments whilst ensuring that designated areas, species habitats and the historic heritage are protected from inappropriate development and that any disturbance to local communities is minimised.
In our view this provides a robust framework, which ensures that our renewable resources can be fully exploited towards meeting our climate change obligations whilst safeguarding sites of particular local, national and international value.
We are not persuaded that national co-ordination of the process would contributeto these objectives.