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REVIEW OF GREEN BELT POLICY IN SCOTLAND
APPENDIX 5
TOPIC GUIDES
Stakeholders Topic Guide
1. Functions of Green Belt
1.1 Main functions, stated or implied
1.2 Consistency with national policy
1.3 Any changes in aims or functions
1.4 Differences between local areas; how justified?
1.5 Concerns about functions and how they relate to strategic aims/issues addressed by plans
2. Urban Form
2.1 Shape of existing G B's
2.2 How this relates to intended/desirable patterns of urban growth; role of belts, wedges, buffers, etc in this
2.3 Issues about travel patterns
2.4 Issues about Landscape setting & quality
2.5 Issues about greenspace, ecology
2.6 Effectiveness of existing or proposed boundaries
3. Nature of Regime
3.1 Intended life/permanence of G B's; relationship with plan horizon & review
3.2 How, when and why G B's might be reviewed/revised; criteria for review
3.3 Public/political sentiment about G B and how this conditions decisions
3.4 Recent or expected significant releases within or around G B.
3.5 Allowable development within G B
3.6 Use of conditions/agreements applied to new developments
3.7 Similarities/differences with general policies re development in the countryside
3.8 Other similar/related designations, current and proposed
4. Land Management
4.1 General arrangements for management & conservation of environment within G B
4.2 Arrangements for access and leisure uses
4.3 Issues of funding for environmental enhancement, maintenance & management
4.4 Treatment of issues arising from agricultural change/diversification
4.5 Observations on general condition of land within G B, e.g. any evidence of blight, hope value effects, etc.
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