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Gareth Fenney

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Land Use Strategy
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Screening and Scoping Report

Published: March 2010

Table of Contents
1

Introduction.........................................................................................2

2

Agriculture...........................................................................................5

3

Forestry.............................................................................................13

4

Renewable Energy............................................................................23

5

Nature Conservation.........................................................................30

6

Recreation, Tourism and Countryside Sports...................................37

7

Cultural Landscapes and Communities............................................42

8

Natural Resource Use and Infrastructure..........................................48

9

Key Environmental Issues................................................................55

10

Assessment Methodology.................................................................65

11

Bibliography......................................................................................71

Appendix 1 Screening Report...................................................................77

Appendix 2 Maps......................................................................................81

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.1 11.1.1

1.1.2
1.1.3
1.1.4

1.1.5

Introduction

Introduction
The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 requires Scottish Ministers to lay a
Land Use Strategy (LUS) before the Scottish Parliament by 31 March 2011.
The LUS should set out Scottish Ministers objectives for achieving sustainable
land use; their proposals and policies for meeting those objectives; and,
relevant timescales. The climate change targets specified by the 2009 Act form
an important part of the context for the Strategy. The Act requires publication
of a draft strategy and public consultation to be undertaken prior to finalising its
content and submitting it to Parliament. The LUS is to be reviewed at least
every five years.
The LUS falls under the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005. As it
has the potential to generate significant environmental effects, a Strategic
Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the LUS is being undertaken. This report
includes our screening determination that confirms this in
Appendix 1
.
Consultation Authority views on this opinion are now being sought, in parallel
with the SEA scoping.
Although the LUS is a requirement of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009
its focus will not be limited to climate change considerations alone. The LUS
will cover sustainable land use in the broadest sense and will need to
demonstrate how sustainable land use policies support multiple objectives.
In preparing the evidence base for the LUS, the range of the relevant land uses
has been considered. Relevant information has been compiled by the following
four workstreams:
•
Natural Capital (biodiversity, landscape, ecosystem services, landscape,
water, soils, land capability);
•
Land Based Industries (agriculture, forestry, energy, minerals, waste,
defence);
•
People, Culture and Communities (culture, access, recreation, crofting,
historic environment assets, tourism, communities);
•
Development Planning (urbanisation, physical development, transport,
infrastructure, interface with development planning system);
The LUS will establish broad principles for sustainable land use. Its scope will
extend to all land use. The main aims of the Strategy will be to:
•
improve the joining up of existing policies on land use;

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1.1.6
1.1.7
1.1.8

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ensure that our polices are as effective as possible in contributing to
Scotlands national purpose;
•
assist in delivering long-term sustainable economic and social well-being;
dna•
underpin the Governments climate change targets
This SEA Scoping Report seeks to identify the environmental issues that need
to be taken into consideration during the production of the LUS. Furthermore it
seeks the views of the Consultation Authorities on the scope of the information
to be included within the environmental assessment of the LUS.
Given the nature and content of the LUS, the scoping stage has sought to
provide relevant environmental baseline and contextual information associated
with different land uses. This has given the Scottish Government an
opportunity to gather this information early within the LUS development
process, and therefore frontload environmental issues into the decision making
process.
This Scoping Report therefore sets out the environmental context, baseline and
key issues under each of the following major land use types:
•
Agriculture;
•
Forestry;
•
Renewable Energy;
•
Nature Conservation;
•
Recreation, Tourism and Countryside Sports;
•
Cultural Landscape and Communities; and
•
Natural Resource Use and Infrastructure.
This list may not be exhaustive, and it is recognised that land uses often
overlap and are not mutually exclusive. This structure, has, however, provide a
framework in which land use issues can be usefully brought together and
presented. For example Renewable Energy includes information relevant to
wind, hydro and bioenergy, and Cultural Landscape and Communities
includes information on landscape designations, historic and cultural, local
distinctiveness and community activities.
1.1.10 Each section sets out baseline environmental information and issues under the
SEA topics
1
then draws the issues together to identify key environmental
issues for each of the major land uses.

1.1.9

1 As set out in Schedule 3 of the
Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005

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1.1.11 The Scoping Report discusses the environmental opportunities and challenges
which are shared across all of the land uses. This provides an insight into the
environmental issues which will be of particular relevance when identifying the
significant environmental effects arising from the LUS as a whole. These
issues will also be taken into account within the development of the LUS.
Methods for integrating the assessment and the policy development and other
methodological proposals, are explained in the final section of this report.
1.1.12 This is quite a lengthy Scoping Report, providing a larger volume of information
than might usually be expected. However, in this case, a relatively thorough
approach to scoping has been used to allow the relevant environmental
information to be front-loaded into the development of the LUS. It is hoped that
this will lead to a more focused and concise Environmental Report at the next
stage of the process.

Table 1.1 Key facts about the LUS
Responsible The Scottish Government
Authority
Title of PPS Land Use Strategy
Purpose of PPS Sets out proposals and policies for sustainable land use
What prompted the The Strategy is a requirement of Section 57 of the Climate
PPS Change (Scotland) Act 2009
Subject (e.g. Land use
Transport)
Period covered by 2011 2016 in detail, with consideration of issues to 2050
SPPFrequency of 5 years
Updates
Area covered by PPS Scotland
Summary of The LUS will include proposals that will seek to ensure land
nature/content of use is sustainable and responsive to climate change
PPS pressures. This will cover measures to mitigate climate
change by contributing to the emission reduction targets as set
by the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 and measures that
aim to adapt to future climate change. The LUS will seek to
ensure that Scotlands land can be better used for everyones
benefit in the long term.
Are there any Objectives have not been defined at this stage
proposed PPS
objectives
Copy of objectives N/A
attached
Date 2 March 2010

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2 Agriculture

2.1.2

2.1.3

2.1 Context and relevant environmental objectives
2.1.1 Agriculture is Scotlands dominant land use, accounting for 55-60%
2
of all land,
and upland farming accounting for the largest area. In 2006, the Forward
Strategy for Scottish Agriculture
3
set out a vision for an agricultural sector that
is prosperous and sustainable, focused on food production and supportive of
rural communities. The Strategy emphasised the importance of agriculture in
protecting and enhancing the environment, and contributing to animal and
human health and well-being. It also stated that agriculture should embrace
change and market opportunities, and recognised the diversity within the