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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 November 2004
Her response is as follows:As part of a substantially increased programme of funding for affordable housing in rural areas, Communities Scotland will invest £1.580 million in the Isle of Arran in 2004-05.Work is currently underway on a project to provide eight houses for rent, and it is expected that work will start shortly on a further two projects providing a total of 14 houses for rent.A Rural Home Ownership Grant is assisting a family to construct their own home.The requirement for affordable housing will be informed by North Ayrshire Council's Local Housing Strategy and currently opportunities are being pursued to acquire sites...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 November 2004
The grant will be payable in three instalments.The plant, which is expected to be functional early in the new year, will produce around 50,000 litres of biodiesel per annum when operating at full productivity levels. The site will also be equipped with an electrical generator fuelled by waste product which is expected to generate between 2.75 and 3 megawatt...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 September 2004
I understand that USPs will not remove the last phone box from a site if reasonable objection is made within the required 42 days notice-period for closure.OFCOM will be reviewing this matter later this year, as part of their forthcoming wider consultation on the Universal Service Obligation.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what account is taken of the proximity of agricultural or other sites of biological sensitivity when considering proposals to use human sewage sludge on non-agricultural land.
In my recent news releaseissued on 7 July, I explained that we are looking at ways to expand the supplyof affordable housing for sale and rent in Scotland through discussionswith Homes for Scotland including ways of expand the supply of starter homesfor sale on larger, planned sites in areas under pressure.As part of the modernisationof the planning system,...
The Council also providedan assessment of a number of potential sites, including Sydes Brae, having regardto, amongst other things, the development plan designation, environmentaland amenity impact, ground conditions and availability of access.
Decisions on the schools to beincluded in a PPP project and the nature of sites on which those schools are tobe located are for the local authorities to determine, subject to the normal requirements,such as obtaining planning permission and any other necessary consents, which applyto such building work.In certain circumstances, asdefined in paragraph 16 of ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 January 2004
The corporate plan for the Forestry Commission in Scotlandrecognises that “Every effort is being made to increase the value and income from leasesof many kinds, and from developments such as windfarms, mineral sites andtelecommunication masts, for which the national forests can often provide asuitable location.”
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 December 2003
This contact reflects the approach, set out inDevolution Guidance Note 1 in accordance with the principles set out in theMemorandum of Understanding, that the administrations normally consult eachother from an early stage on the development of relevant legislative proposals.It should be noted, in connection with this question and question S2W-4328 answered on 15 December 2003, that a single energy bill is proposed rather than separate bills on nuclear sites...