- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for new renewable energy developments received since 7 December 2007, other than wind, hydro and marine, which have been determined under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.
Answer
No applications received since 7 December 2007 for consent to develop new renewable energy developments other than wind, hydro and marine, have been determined under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for new hydro energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been determined under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.
Answer
Since 7 December 2007, applications were received and determined by Scottish ministers under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for the following hydro energy developments:
| Name | Date of Application | Mega Watt Capacity |
| Rannoch Hydro | 31 July 2008 | 1.5 MW |
| Allt Fionn 2009 | 21 July 2009 | 2.1 MW |
| Ben Glas | 21 July 2009 | 1.6 MW |
| Derry Darroch | 21 July 2009 | 2.0 MW |
| Upper Falloch | 21 July 2009 | 1.0 MW |
| Cia Aig | 4 September 2009 | 3.0 MW |
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for extensions to existing wind energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been determined under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.
Answer
Applications that have been received since 7 December 2007 for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity act 1989, to extend existing wind energy developments and that have been determined by Scottish ministers are:
| Name | Date of Application | Mega watt capacity |
| Rothes wind farm Extension | 27 December 2007 | 37 MW |
| Whitelee wind farm Extension | 23 April 2008 | 130 MW |
| Millenium wind farm Extension | 6 January 2009 | 15 MW |
| Kilbraur wind farm Extension | 13 March 2009 | 20 MW |
| Whitelee wind farm Extension phase 2 | 30 May 2009 | 162 MW |
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for new wave and tidal energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been referred to a public local inquiry, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.
Answer
No applications for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for new wave and tidal energy developments received since 7 December 2007 have been referred to a public local inquiry.
Since April 2010, all new Section 36 applications for offshore developments will be processed by Marine Scotland.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for new wave and tidal energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been referred to a public local inquiry, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35755 on 6 September 2010. 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.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for extensions to existing wind energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been neither referred to a public local inquiry nor determined, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.
Answer
Applications for consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 received for extensions to existing wind energy developments since 7 December 2007, that have been neither referred to a public local inquiry nor determined by Scottish ministers are:
| Name | Date of Application | Mega Watt Capacity |
| Black Law wind farm Extension | 25 January 2008 | 90 MW |
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses in each local authority area have faced a decrease in their business rate because of rates revaluation from 1 April 2010.
Answer
The following table shows the number and percentage of ratepayers who saw bills fall or stay the same and those who saw bills rise in each local authority area, following the 2010 revaluation.
These figures are before the impact of relief or appeals, both of which will significantly increase the number of properties which see a bill decrease.
Local Authority | Bill Decrease/ Stay the Same | Bill Increase | Total Number |
| Number | % of Ratepayers | Number | % of Ratepayers |
| Aberdeen City | 4,105 | 49.8 | 4,137 | 50.2 | 8,242 |
| Aberdeenshire | 5,144 | 47.7 | 5,637 | 52.3 | 10,781 |
| Angus | 3,072 | 64.0 | 1,725 | 36.0 | 4,797 |
| Argyll and Bute | 4,102 | 54.2 | 3,470 | 45.8 | 7,572 |
| Clackmannanshire | 955 | 62.1 | 583 | 37.9 | 1,538 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 5,439 | 61.4 | 3,415 | 38.6 | 8,854 |
| Dundee City | 3,694 | 65.4 | 1,956 | 34.6 | 5,650 |
| East Ayrshire | 2,910 | 77.3 | 853 | 22.7 | 3,763 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 1,636 | 72.7 | 613 | 27.3 | 2,249 |
| East Lothian | 1,553 | 48.0 | 1,680 | 52.0 | 3,233 |
| East Renfrewshire | 1,206 | 73.8 | 428 | 26.2 | 1,634 |
| Edinburgh, City of | 9,716 | 51.8 | 9,033 | 48.2 | 18,749 |
| Eilean Siar | 994 | 46.7 | 1,135 | 53.3 | 2,129 |
| Falkirk | 3,215 | 68.2 | 1,496 | 31.8 | 4,711 |
| Fife | 7,793 | 61.5 | 4,888 | 38.5 | 12,681 |
| Glasgow City | 14,694 | 59.1 | 10,150 | 40.9 | 24,844 |
| Highland | 7,748 | 46.6 | 8,867 | 53.4 | 16,615 |
| Inverclyde | 1,706 | 74.9 | 573 | 25.1 | 2,279 |
| Midlothian | 1,402 | 51.6 | 1,313 | 48.4 | 2,715 |
| Moray | 1,821 | 41.3 | 2,588 | 58.7 | 4,409 |
| North Ayrshire | 3,245 | 67.2 | 1,584 | 32.8 | 4,829 |
| North Lanarkshire | 6,538 | 73.0 | 2,421 | 27.0 | 8,959 |
| Orkney Islands | 721 | 36.7 | 1,246 | 63.3 | 1,967 |
| Perth and Kinross | 5,518 | 68.5 | 2,538 | 31.5 | 8,056 |
| Renfrewshire | 4,553 | 75.8 | 1,453 | 24.2 | 6,006 |
| Scottish Borders | 3,207 | 46.4 | 3,702 | 53.6 | 6,909 |
| Shetland Islands | 1,063 | 56.1 | 831 | 43.9 | 1,894 |
| South Ayrshire | 3,325 | 73.2 | 1,215 | 26.8 | 4,540 |
| South Lanarkshire | 6,623 | 70.8 | 2,729 | 29.2 | 9,352 |
| Stirling | 3,198 | 66.2 | 1,633 | 33.8 | 4,831 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 2,079 | 77.3 | 612 | 22.7 | 2,691 |
| West Lothian | 3,352 | 62.5 | 2,011 | 37.5 | 5,363 |
| Scotland | 126,327 | 59.4 | 86,515 | 40.6 | 212,842 |
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses in each local authority area have faced an increase in their business rate because of rates revaluation from 1 April 2010.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-35879 on 6 September 2010. 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.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for new wave and tidal energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been neither referred to a public local inquiry nor determined, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.
Answer
No applications have been received since 7 December 2007, for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, for new wave and tidal energy developments that have neither been referred to a local public inquiry nor determined.
From April 2010, all new Section 36 applications for offshore developments will be processed by Marine Scotland.
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 6 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those applications for new hydro energy developments received since 7 December 2007 which have been referred to a public local inquiry, giving the name of the project, the date of the application and the mega watt capacity of the development.
Answer
No applications for consent under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for hydro energy developments received since 7 December 2007 have been referred to a public local inquiry.
Applications for hydro developments of under 1 MW are dealt with by local planning authorities and the information is not held centrally.
