Current status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that the roll out of 5G across Scotland will not result in the removal of healthy trees from the urban landscape.
Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) sets out that the planning system should support digital connectivity, in particular infrastructure provision which is sited and designed to keep environmental impacts to a minimum. SPP also sets out policy protection for trees and the wider environment. We will carry out a wide review of the National Planning Framework and SPP following on from the current Planning Bill.