Question reference: S5W-36176
- Asked by: Elaine Smith, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 23 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding Crown Estate Scotland’s process for leasing seabed rights to developers of offshore wind projects.
Answer
As planning and consenting authorities we regularly engage with counterparts in the UK Government and The Crown Estate. We have recently liaised with them on offshore wind and the leasing process managed both by The Crown Estate and by Crown Estate Scotland.