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Written Question · S5W-05139 · Session 5

What plans it has to review national scenic areas in the Highlands and Islands.

Answered Asked by David Stewart Lab Lodged 28 Nov 2016

The question

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review national scenic areas in the Highlands and Islands.

The answer

Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 8 Dec 2016 · 10 days after it was lodged, on time

There are no current plans to review National Scenic Areas in the Highlands and Islands or any other part of Scotland.

In the Official Report

1 contribution mention S5W-05139
  1. 14 Sep 2017
    New Petitions
    Christine Metcalfe (Avich and Kilchrenan Community Council) Public Petitions Committee

    Good morning, everybody. The national scenic areas, or NSAs, were initially identified by the Countryside Commission for Scotland in its 1978 publication “Scotland’s Scenic Heritage”, which defined them as areas of “national scenic signifi…