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To ask the Scottish Government how many protected (a) freshwater and (b) terrestrial sites met favourable condition criteria when last reported; what requirements exist for owners of protected sites to bring such sites up to a specific standard of condition, and what support ...
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Date answered:
7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason shooting is permitted at, or adjacent to, sites that have statutory protection, such as National Nature Reserves, Sites of Special Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserves.
East Ayrshire Council is applying an extensive monitoring regime, and restoration is under way at various sites in the area, including the Netherton, Greenburn, House of Water and Duncanziemere sites.
The Committee notes concerns that the wording of section 26 should be amended to provide stronger safeguards that the powers it confers will only be used as a last resort.
Again, I note that the committee in its report welcomes and supports that provision.I turn to some of the concerns that were raised at stage 1. Concern was expressed that passing the right to decroft the site of a dwelling-house from one owner-occupier crofter to another might lead to speculative development.
How will Scotland’s most iconic rural tourism sites benefit from the first round of the rural tourism infrastructure fund—the RTIF—to help meet the demand from growing visitor numbers to, for example, the Otter pool in bonnie Dumfries and Galloway?