Responding to this consultation paper
We are inviting written responses to this consultation paper by 9 July 2010. Please send your response to:
TPO@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
or to
Tree Preservation Orders Consultation Paper
Directorate for the Built Environment
The Scottish Government
2-H (Bridge), Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
Please indicate in your response which questions or part of the consultation paper you are responding to as this will aid our analysis of the responses received.
If you have any queries on the content of the consultative draft or the consultation process please contact Ian Black ( ian.black@scotland.gsi.gov.uk ) on 0131 244 7554.
In the Directorate for the Built Environment we have changed our methods of distribution. Publications are only available as electronic publications, apart from a few exceptions which are also published in hard copy. We have improved the e-newsletter system to provide an effective way of alerting you to new publications, including consultations. To register for electronic newsletters about planning, please register your details at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/news/e-news .
The Scottish Government also has an e-mail alert system for all consultations ( SEconsult: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/seconsult.aspx). This system allows you to register and receive a weekly e-mail containing details of all new consultations. SEconsult complements the planning e-newsletter system described above and allows you to register for consultations on specific topic areas across the Government. Please follow the SEconsult link above if you wish to register.
Handling your response
We need to know how you wish your response to be handled and whether you are happy for your response to be made public. Please complete and return the Respondent Information Form included with this consultation paper as this will ensure that we treat your response appropriately. If you ask for your response not to be published we will regard it as confidential, and we will treat it accordingly.
All respondents should be aware that the Scottish Government is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and would therefore have to consider any request made to it under the Act for information relating to responses made to this consultation exercise.
Publishing responses
Where respondents have given permission for their response to be made public, these will be made available to the public in the Scottish Government Library within 6 weeks of the close of the consultation and on the SEconsult web pages within 6 weeks of the close of the consultation. Where agreement to publish has been given, we will check all responses for any potentially defamatory material before logging them in the library or placing them on the website. You can make arrangements to view responses by contacting the Scottish Government Library on 0131 244 4556. Responses can be copied and sent to you, but a charge may be made for this service.
What happens next?
Following the closing date, all responses will be analysed and considered along with any other available evidence to help Ministers reach a decision on the draft proposals for Tree Preservation Orders. Further details on the timing of this process will be available through the Scottish Government's planning topic page at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/planning .
Comments and complaints
If you have any comments about how this consultation exercise has been conducted, please send them to Ian Black ( Ian.Black@scotland.gsi.gov.uk ) or Directorate for the Built Environment, 2-H (Bridge), Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ).