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No prescriptive distances are given since likely impacts will vary from proposal to proposal depending on the siting, layout and size of wind farms in relation to local land form and landscape characteristics.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #16 million funding for accelerating land renewal in Glasgow and North Lanarkshire, detailed in Building Better Cities - Delivering Growth and Opportunities, is intended for use at the Ravenscraig site in North Lanarkshire. The resources announced for 2004-06 to tackle vacant and derelict land in Glasgow and No...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what distance its guidelines recommend wind turbines should be sited from residential properties on account of noise considerations.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 November 2002
Under section 5 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, if it appears to Scottish ministers that any works are urgently necessary for the preservation of a scheduled monument, they may enter the site of the monument and execute those works after giving the owner and the occupier notice in writing of their intention to do so.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 September 2002
Whilst the Executive is providing a three-year funding package towards the organisation's annual running costs for the period to 31 March 2004, no public monies have been made available or offered by the Executive towards the capital costs incurred by Airborne in relocating from its current site at Abington. S1W-28479
Under existing legislation, it is mandatory for developers to detail the environmental impact of their proposals, especially for environmentally significant sites, and propose mitigation measures as part of their accompanying environmental statement.
Many surveyors have supplemented these qualifications with the NHER Site Assessor qualification. Prior to undertaking surveys for Eaga, surveyors must participate in a four-day training course which is specially designed by Eaga and leading experts in the field.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 November 2001
Following careful consideration of a number of possible sites, ministers have decided that, should Parliament approve the Water Industry (Scotland) Bill, the Headquarters of Scottish Water will be in Castle House, Dunfermline.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 November 2001
Since the end of August, there have been extensive discussions between Scottish Executive officials and the East Ayrshire Council Director of Community Services about proposals for the disposal of the ash from the three pyre sites in the South of Scotland. These included meetings in Glasgow and Kilmarnock.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether statistics exist on clusters of any illnesses that could be attributable to the siting of mobile telephone masts, either singly or in groups, and, if so, whether it will list the locations of such clusters.