Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS) application information: EIR release

Information requested

 I would like to enquire whether you can assist me with information on the developer/property owner of the following approved FGS applications:

• 22FGS69767 Nether Albie Wood Creation
• 23FGS72513 Albierigg WC
• 21FGS60064 Harelaw Hagg Woodland Creation
• 20FGS46363 Canonbie Woodland Creation
• 20FGS48423 Tansy Hill
• 19FGS38923 Bush of Ewes Woodland Creation

Response

As the information you have requested is ‘environmental information’ for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.

This exemption is subject to the ‘public interest test’. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.

Please find below the information requested.

The table below lists the name of the Forestry Grant Scheme, owner/applicant and the agent that took the scheme forward.

Scheme Ref	Scheme Name	Owner/applicant	Agent
22FGS69767	Nether Albie (contract withdrawn as variation to contract was not approved.)	LR Strategies LLP	Scottish Woodlands
23FGS72513	Albierigg WC	James Jones & Sons	Scottish Woodlands
21FGS60064	Harelaw Hagg WC	James Jones & Sons	Scottish Woodlands
20FGS46363	Canonbie WC	James Jones & Sons	Scottish Woodlands
20FGS48423	Tansy Hill	James Jones & Sons	Scottish Woodlands
19FGS38923	Bush of Ewes WC	A J Callander	Tilhill Forestry

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