Question reference: S6W-04160
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 5 November 2021
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 November 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many rejected applications to the Organic Farming Agri-Environment Climate Scheme have been appealed, and of those how many (a) were upheld following appeal and (b) are awaiting a decision, in each year since 2015.
Answer
The following table summarises the rejected Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) applications, specifically Organic Farming, that have been appealed. It records the number of applications that were (a) upheld following appeal and (b) are awaiting a decision, in each year since 2015.
Please note that the 2020 round was not open to new applications, rather a one year’s extension was offered to all Management options that were due to end in 2020. Not all businesses accepted the offer. 63 Organic applications were offered an extension with 55 applications accepting.
The 2021 round that closed at the beginning of July 2021 was also extended. These applications are still being assessed.
Year | Application Type | Applications Reviewed | Review Upheld (decision changed to approve) | Awaiting Decision |
2015 | Organic | 5 | 3 | 0 |
2016 | Organic | <3 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | Organic | <3 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | Organic | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | Organic | <3 | <3 | 0 |