HC Deb 08 March 1995 vol 256 cc228-30W
Sir David Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many farm conservation plans, so far approved in the Shetland Islands environmentally sensitive area scheme, involve payments in the(a) £0 to £1,000, (b) £1,001 to £2,000, (c) £2,001 to £3,000, (d) £3,001 to £4,000 and (e) £4,001 to £5,000 bands:

(2) how many farm conservation plans. so far approved in the Cairngorm Straths islands environmentally sensitive area scheme, involve payments in the (a) £0 to £1,000, (b) £1,001 to £2,000, (c) £2,001 to £3,000, (d) £3,001 to £4,000 and (e) £4,001 to £5,000 bands;

(3) how many farm conservation plans, so far approved in the Argyll islands environmentally sensitive area scheme, involve payments in the (a) £0 to £1,000, (b) £1,001 to £2,000, (c) £2,001 to £3,000, (d) £3,001 to £4,000 and (e) £4,001 to £5,000 bands.

Mr. Lang

The information, in the format requested, based on the total payments scheduled in each five-year farm or croft conservation plan is set out in the table:

  • Greyrigg
  • Ladywell
  • Lower Redbrac
  • Saline Park Wood
  • South Roughcastle

Dunfries and Galloway

  • Crawick

Fife

  • Braehead
  • Cairncubie
  • Cotton Farm
  • Halbeath
  • Mooreland
  • Prathouse
  • Westfield Link
  • Woodbank (Windygates)

Lothian

  • Blindwells Extension
  • Chesterswood Extension
  • Northrigg Phase W
  • Oxenfoord
  • Rosslynlee

Strathclyde

  • Airdsgreen
  • Auchline Mine
  • Biggar Road
  • Birneknowe
  • Catcraig
  • Chalmerston
  • Dalquhandy
  • Damside
  • Drumbow
  • Easter Baton
  • Easter Baton (West)
  • Easter Fortissat
  • Edge Form
  • Glenbuck
  • Greenland Moss
  • Greeside Farm
  • Heckler's Yard
  • Laigh Riggend
  • Legbrannock Farm
  • Morningside (Torbush)
  • Mossband Farm
  • Piperhill
  • Royal George
  • Skellyton Farm
  • Smiths Farm
  • Townhead Farm
  • Viaduct West
  • Waterloo
  • Windyedge
  • Woodsethead

Tayside

  • Lambhill Remainder
  • Leuehars Wood
  1. (b) Information about specific planning consents is not held centrally.
  2. (c) Two applications are currently before the Secretary of State on appeal against the planning authorities' decision; these are Greenhead Moss and Wester Mosshat farm, both in Strathclyde. The following prospective opencast coal mining sites were identified in Scotland during the privatisation of the British Coal Corporation.

Central

  • Aitkenhead

Dumfries and Galloway

  • Glenmuckloch

Fife

  • Greenbank

Strathclyde

  • Broken Cross
  • Chalmerston North
  • Drumshangie
  • House of Water, Cumnock
  • Ladylands
  • Leadloch
  • Powharnal
  • Spireslack
  • Gasswater
  • Glentaggart
  • Grievehill
  • Pennyvenie
  • Watsonhead
  • Wilstontown