The Scottish Government

« Previous | Contents | Next »

Listen

Covering Letter

MINERAL EXTRACTION IN HARBOUR AREAS CONSULTATION

Responding to this consultation paper

We are inviting written responses to this consultation paper by Friday 14 August 2009. Please send your response to:

mineraldredging@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

or

Mineral Extraction in Harbour Areas Consultation
Directorate for the Built Environment
Scottish Government

Please indicate in your response which questions or parts of the consultation paper you are responding to as this will aid our analysis of the responses received.

If you have any queries on the content of the consultation paper or the consultation process, please contact Ian Mitchell ( ian.mitchell3@scotland.gsi.gov.uk) on 0131 244 7062.

In the Directorate for the Built Environment we have changed our methods of distribution. Publications are only available as electronic publications, apart from a few exceptions which are also published in hard copy. We have improved the e-newsletter system to provide an effective way of alerting you to new publications, including consultations. To register for electronic newsletters about planning, please register your details at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/news/e-news as soon as possible.

The Scottish Government also has an email alert system for all consultations ( SEconsult: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/seconsult.aspx). This system allows stakeholder individuals and organisations to register and receive a weekly email containing details of all new consultations. SEconsult complements the new planning e-newsletter system described above and allows you to register for consultations on specific topic areas across the Government. Please follow the SEconsult link above if you wish to register.

Handling your response

We need to know how you wish your response to be handled and, in particular, whether you are happy for your response to be made public. Please complete and return the Respondent Information Form which forms part of this consultation paper as this will ensure that we treat your response appropriately. If you ask for your response not to be published we will regard it as confidential, and we will treat it accordingly.

All respondents should be aware that the Scottish Government is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and would therefore have to consider any request made to it under the Act for information relating to responses made to this consultation exercise.

Publishing responses

Where respondents have given permission for their response to be made public ( see the attached Respondent Information Form), these will be made available to the public in the Scottish Government Library within 6 weeks of the close of the consultation and on the SEconsult web pages within 6 weeks of the close of the consultation. Where agreement to publish has been given, we will check all responses for any potentially defamatory material before logging them in the library or placing them on the website. You can make arrangements to view responses by contacting the Scottish Government Library on 0131 244 4556. Responses can be copied and sent to you, but a charge may be made for this service.

What happens next ?

Following the closing date, all responses will be analysed and considered along with any other available evidence to help us reach a decision on the draft amendment regulations. These will then be laid before the Scottish Parliament. Further details on the timing of this process will be available through the Scottish Government's Planning Homepage at www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/planning.

Comments and complaints

If you have any comments about how this consultation exercise has been conducted, please send them to ian.mitchell3@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or Directorate for the Built Environment, 2-H, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ.

« Previous | Contents | Next »