- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what timescale it envisages for carrying out research on permitted development rights for micro wind turbines and air source heat pumps.
Answer
Recommendations are expected before the end of 2009, with the intention that, if applicable, a further Amendment Order could be laid within 12 months of the original coming into force.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the research into micro wind turbines and air source heat pumps will be carried out at the same time given the different issues raised by the decision to delay the granting of permitted development rights for micro wind turbines and air source heat pumps.
Answer
A single study will look at the issues relating to the introduction of permitted development rights for domestic wind turbines and air source heat pumps.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is still committed to removing the need for planning permission for micro wind turbines.
Answer
The government is committed to this objective but a decision on removing the need for planning permission for micro-turbines will depend on the recommendations of the study, which will look at all the relevant issues.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it intends to put in place to ensure that local authorities fully implement Scottish Planning Policy SPP 6: Renewable Energy.
Answer
Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) 6, Renewable Energy (March 2007) is a non-statutory document. It is for planning authorities to apply the policy as they deem appropriate.
The Scottish Government has put in place a number of measures to assist planning authorities with this including:
providing consultancy support and advice to local authorities on the preparation of Supplementary Planning Guidance for windfarms.
issuing PAN 45 Annex 2, Spatial Frameworks and Supplementary Planning Guidance for Windfarms.
issuing PAN 84, Reducing Carbon Emissions in New Development.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what timescale it envisages for the drafting and implementation of recommendations on permitted development rights for micro wind turbines and air source heat pumps.
Answer
The drafting of recommendations will take place as part of the study and any timescale for implementation will depend on the content of those recommendations.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is committed to introducing permitted development rights for the installation of renewable technology for non-domestic buildings.
Answer
Research published in early 2007 recommended that permitted development rights distinguish between domestic and non-domestic buildings. We have given priority to domestic buildings. The research recommended that the same rights apply to all non-domestic buildings. However, non-domestic buildings vary enormously in their scale, location and type of activity. We intend to progress work on non-domestic microgeneration when matters are resolved for domestic.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to address the level of skill in carbon assessment linked to the implementation of planning regulations.
Answer
Officials are in discussion with the Improvement Service about a range of training and development matters associated with planning modernisation.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what draft secondary legislation it expects to make available to the Transport Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee to aid its Stage 2 consideration of the Climate Change (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
The draft regulations which have not been subject of detailed research or scrutiny to support the provisions of Section 50 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Bill [as introduced] will be provided to the Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee at Stage 2.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to respond to the outcome of the consultation, Climate Change and the National Forest Estate - Consultation on forestry provisions in the Scottish Climate Change Bill.
Answer
We announced our response on 13 March 2009.
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 February 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 13 March 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to its announcement in a press release of 2 February 2009, how it calculated that 16,000 jobs are to be created in the renewables industry over the next decade.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-20460 on 3 March 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
