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eNewsletter
9th January 2015 |
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Welcome
It is a rather stormy start to 2015, and we hope that everyone stays safe as strong winds sweep the country. The storms created travel chaos for those heading back to Scotland after another successful Oxford Farming Conference, details of which can be found here http://www.ofc.org.uk/
This week saw Lord President Lord Gill give a strong ruling in the Court of Session that the Lord Advocate should pay half the costs incurred by the landowner during part of the long-running Salvesen-Riddell legal proceedings.
This latest ruling yet again underlines the need for any legislation in the very complex area of agricultural law to be fair and measured and to be examined with the utmost care, otherwise there is a real risk of infringement of human rights legislation. Further details are provided below.
Members who would be affected by changes to agricultural holdings legislation are encouraged to attend our upcoming regional meetings, details of which can be found below.
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HIE Digital Tourism Pilot
HIE is looking for volunteers to take part in a Digital Tourism Pilot. Due to the festive holidays HIE has extended the deadline for applicants to midnight on 12th January.
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General Licenses Unchanged for 2015
Scottish Natural Heritage will not be making any substantive changes to General licence. The full suite of general Licences for 2015 can be found on the SNH website.
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SEPA Launches Consultation
SEPA has launched three new consultations, on topics o flood risk management, water scarcity plan and protecting and improving Scotland's water environment. Members are strongly urged to respond.
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Water Abstraction Data Returns
Now that 2014 has passed, those who hold a water abstraction licence from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) should be in the process of collating and sending their data returns to the organisation.
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Legal Member Queries
All Legal Member Queries from
members should be sent from now onwards to our Legal Adviser,
Jason Rust who is based at Headquarters.Jason can be reached here or by telephone at 0131 653 5412.
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Salveson Costs Ruling
The Lord President Lord Gill has ruled in the Court of Session that the Lord Advocate should pay half the costs incurred by a landowner during part of the long-running Salvesen-Riddell legal proceedings.
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Lettingweb Tenant Survey
Lettingweb published interim results in December from its recent survey of tenants which has been described as a ‘myth buster report’ which ‘destroys many preconceptions of the sector’.
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Producers Invited to Register Online for New System
Farmers and crofters across Scotland are being invited to register for a new online system for rural funding called Rural Payments and Services.
The new system, which has replaced Rural Payments Online, launched this week and will deliver nearly £4 billion of support to Scotland’s farming, food and rural sectors over the next five years alone.
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'EU Exit Biggest Threat to British Agriculture'
The EU referendum is the biggest threat to British agriculture, according to Richard Lochhead, speaking at this weeks Oxford Farming Conference.
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On Farm Renewable Energy Day
The Renewable Energy Initiative is running an open day to demonstrate renewable energy on farms, on the 27th January at Muirhouse Farm.
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Land Use Strategy Aberdeenshire Pilot Event
Aberdeenshire's regional Pilot for the Scottish Land Use Strategy is holding an open day to show the work of the pilot scheme so far, to be held on the 26th February at Woodend barn, Banchory.
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Meetings on Implications of the Agricultural Holdings Review
Scottish Land & Estates is holding a series of members' meetings across Scotland in early 2015 to advise members on the details of the recommendations from the Agricultural Holdings Review Group.
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Forestry Commission Scotland Running Sustainability Criteria Workshop
Forestry Commission Scotland are supporting this workshop to provide up to date and detailed information on what is required to comply with the sustainability criteria for the RHI and the type of evidence that will be required to evidence compliance.
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