Environmental Policy
Environmental policy advice to developers. Areas of expertise include:
European Policy:
· Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)
· Birds Directive – 2009/147/EC (codified version of Directive 79/409/EEC)
· Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC)
· Wind Energy Developments and Natura 2000 (EC, October 2010)
National Policy:
· Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended)
· The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2011
· The Offshore Marine Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 2007 (as amended)
· Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 (as amended)
· Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (as amended)
· Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (as amended)
· Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (as amended)
· Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 (as amended)
· Developments on Peatlands: Site Surveys (Scottish Government, 2011)
· Control of Woodland Removal Policy (Scottish Government, 2009)