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Renewable Energy

All developments and activities which take place in Scotland’s seas have implications onshore too – ranging from changing infrastructure requirements to the impacts on communities of economic growth or decline. The Scottish Government has

Publication type: Consultation paper
Date: 24 July 2013

Part of:: Planning Circular: The relationship between the statutory land use planning system and marine planning and licensing

2. Overview of Consents and Licences

This document provides guidance on applying for consents and marine licences for offshore renewable energy projects within both Scottish Territorial Waters (out to 12 nautical miles (“nm”)) and Scottish Offshore Waters (12-200 nm). It updates

Publication type: Consultation paper
Date: 15 October 2018

Part of:: Offshore wind, wave and tidal energy applications: consenting and licensing manual

The Transition to a Low Carbon Economy

This plan sets out the path to a low carbon economy while helping to deliver sustainable economic growth and secure the wider benefits to a greener, fairer and healthier Scotland in 2032.

Publication type: Corporate report
Date: 28 February 2018

Part of:: Climate Change Plan: third report on proposals and policies 2018-2032 (RPP3)

Appendix D Modified Sectoral E-Tests

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Scottish Climate Change Bill: Consultation Proposals: Final Environmental Report (Post-Consultation Issue) November 2008

Publication type: Impact assessment
Date: 04 December 2008

Part of:: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Scottish Climate Change Bill: Consultation Proposals: Environmental Report

Spatial principles for Scotland 2045

Independent analysis of the responses to our consultation on the draft fourth National Planning Framework (draft NPF4), which ran from 10 November 2021 to 31 March 2022.

Publication type: Consultation analysis
Date: 08 November 2022

Part of:: National Planning Framework 4 - draft: consultation analysis

Appendix 2: Sensitivity analyses

The report describes the data required, and the methods used, to estimate collision risk. It is accompanied by a worked example and R code (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.7489/1657-1), which enables the collision risk calculations to be performed

Publication type: Progress report
Date: 30 September 2015

Part of:: Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 6 No 14: Developing an avian collision risk model to incorporate variability and uncertainty

3. Methods

Report to inform large scale indicative strategic assessments on the impact of offshore wind energy developments on birds.

Publication type: Impact assessment
Date: 17 October 2014

Part of:: Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Volume 5 Number 12: Strategic assessment of collision risk of Scottish offshore wind farms to migrating birds

2 Chronology of the Outbreak

Report on an outbreak of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia in multiple stocked species of wrasse on six sea-water sites around Shetland Mainland commencing December 2012.

Publication type: Progress report
Date: 16 October 2013

Part of:: Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Volume 4 Number 3: Epidemiology and Control of an Outbreak of Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia in Wrasse Around Shetland Commencing 2012

A.9. Oil and Gas

Sets out the methodology and scenarios for scoping and undertaking a socio-economic impact assessment.

Publication type: Consultation paper
Date: 13 June 2018

Part of:: Sectoral marine plan for offshore wind energy: social and economic impact assessment scoping report

A.10. Ports and Harbours