« Previous | Contents | Next »
Listen
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
In support of the strategy for Scotland's spatial development, legislation provides for the NPF to be used to designate certain projects as national developments. Designation in the Framework is the mechanism for establishing the need for these developments in Scotland's national interest. The following projects have been identified as national developments:
- Replacement Forth Crossing;
- West of Scotland strategic rail enhancements;
- High-speed rail link to London;
- Strategic airport enhancements;
- Grangemouth Freight Hub;
- Additional container freight capacity on the Forth;
- Port developments on Loch Ryan;
- Scapa Flow Container Transhipment Facility;
- New power station and transhipment hub at Hunterston;
- New non-nuclear baseload capacity at other existing power station sites;
- Electricity grid reinforcements;
- Central Scotland Green Network;
- Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage Scheme; and
- 2014 Commonwealth Games facilities.
« Previous | Contents | Next »