- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-7521 by John Swinney on 13 December 2007, whether the determination of the planning application on the proposed Trump development, now that it has been called in, will specifically consider the extent to which it contributes towards or detracts from the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 as a relevant material consideration.
Answer
All relevant material considerationswill be taken into account in the determination of the planning application.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how long it expects its consideration of the Trump Organisation’s planning application for a golf course, hotel and residential development on the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire to take.
Answer
The timescale will depend onthe procedures to be followed.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what policies and legislation it, or any Reporter appointed to consider the called-in planning application by the Trump Organisation for a golf course, hotel and residential development on the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire, anticipates will be considered as part of the evaluation of the impacts on the site of special scientific interest.
Answer
All relevant material considerationswill be taken into account in the determination of the planning application.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures and legislative instruments will be applied by ministers in dealing with the called-in planning application by the Trump Organisation for a golf course, hotel and residential development on the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-7712 on 20 December 2007. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for whichcan be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Code of Practice on Sewerage Nuisance.
Answer
The Scottish Odour Steering Group,which produced the code, continue to monitor its compliance and effectiveness. Thegroup is chaired by officials from the Scottish Government with membership drawnfrom Scottish Water and local authorities.
The group also implemented aweb based Odourhub in August 2007 to validate complaints submitted to local authoritiesagainst those submitted to Scottish Water.
The group will also undertakea formal evaluation of the code’s effectiveness in August 2008.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 19 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the regeneration of the Clydebank riverside will remain a national priority for the enterprise network.
Answer
Discussions areunderway about the transfer of local regeneration activities between ScottishEnterprise and local authorities in line with recent reforms. However, nodecisions have been made on the status of individual projects, such as theClyde Waterfront or Clydebank Re-built Urban Regeneration Company. These willbe made shortly and stakeholders will be informed as soon as possible.
Where formalScottish Enterprise funding commitments exist for approved projects, these willbe honoured.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 18 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether complaints related to sewerage odour nuisance have reduced since the introduction of the Code of Practice on Sewerage Nuisance.
Answer
The numbers of complaintsin recent years are:
2005-06: 734
2006-07: 759
2007-08 (to date):596 (compared with 645 at the corresponding date last year).
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 18 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the odour ratings of each site at which sewerage odour nuisance has been recorded since the introduction of the Code of Practice on Sewerage Nuisance.
Answer
No. The odour ratingformula included in the Code of Practice is a tool to assist operators and regulatorsassess whether an odour nuisance may exist. It is not designed to determine accuratelyodour nuisance, which is the responsibility of the local authority EnvironmentalHealth Officer.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 18 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints about odour have been made since the introduction of the Code of Practice on Sewerage Nuisance.
Answer
The Code of Practiceon Sewerage Nuisance came into force on 22 April 2006.There were 759 complaintson odour in 2006-07 and there have been 596 odour complaints in 2007-08 to date.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Michael Russell on 18 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Water met all required compliance dates for the Code of Practice on Sewerage Nuisance.
Answer
The Scottish Government
are monitoring Scottish Water and their PFI operators compliance with the Codethrough the Scottish Odour Steering Group, and can advise the vast majority of requiredcompliance dates have been met, and the remaining two requirements are being progressed.
The compliance with regulatory deadlines is as follows:
| Preparation of Phase I OMP | 1 August 2006 | Fully compliant |
| Preparation of Phase II OMP | 1 January 2007 | Fully compliant |
| Preparation of Phase III OMP | 1 April 2007 | Fully compliant |
| Operational controls | 1 April 2007 | Maintenance schedules are being developed to comply |
| Training | 1 July 2007 | Fully compliant |
| Preparation of first phase of OIP | 1 April 2007 | Fully compliant |
| Odour control limits | 1 August 2007 | Investigation to assess compliance to be carried out |
