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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for ��˿�� to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S4W-03999

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 21 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether plutonium waste will be transported by rail from Dounreay to Sellafield and, if so, what assessment has been made of the (a) safety and (b) security risks.

Question reference: S4W-03351

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 16 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are available to ensure that Aberdeenshire Council monitors and enforces any planning conditions that it has placed on planning consents granted for land at Menie House, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire.

Question reference: S4W-03361

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 16 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there have been any breaches of planning consent associated with the outline planning permission granted to Trump International Golf Links, Scotland on land at Menie House, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire and, if so, what action has been taken to address them.

Question reference: S4W-03353

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 16 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures have been put in place to monitor compliance with the planning conditions that it has imposed on the granting of outline planning permission to Trump International Golf Links, Scotland on land at Menie House, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire.

Question reference: S4W-03360

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 16 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Trump International Golf Links, Scotland, or other parties associated with the developer, regarding compliance with the planning conditions that the Scottish Government has imposed on the granting of outline planning permission on land at Menie House, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire.

Question reference: S4W-03346

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 16 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that works proposed or being carried out at Menie House, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire in relation to the Trump International Golf Links could result in significant environmental effects as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Question reference: S4W-03362

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 16 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what breaches of regulatory consent, other than planning consent, there have been in relation to works taking place under the outline planning permission, or subsequent related planning permissions, granted to Trump International Golf Links, Scotland on land at Menie House, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire and what action has been taken to address them.

Question reference: S4W-03363

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 16 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it would take enforcement action to ensure that the conditions imposed on the granting of outline planning permission to Trump International Golf Links, Scotland on land at Menie House, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire were complied with.

Question reference: S4W-03347

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 16 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what communication it has had with Aberdeenshire Council regarding whether works proposed or being carried out at Menie House, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire in relation to the Trump International Golf Links could result in significant environmental effects as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2011.

Question reference: S4W-03358

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 16 November 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are available to ensure that the planning conditions that it has imposed on the granting of outline planning permission to Trump International Golf Links, Scotland on land at Menie House, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire are complied with.

There are a wide range of enforcement powers available to planning authorities under The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (as amended by the Planning etc (Scotland) Act 2006) to enable them to ensure compliance with planning control and to remediate the effects of any unauthorised development. Details of the available powers and guidance on their use is set out in Planning Circular 10/2009: Planning Enforcement, published online at: .

It is for the relevant planning authority, once they have determined that a breach of planning control has occurred to determine what power, or combination of powers, it is appropriate to use to secure compliance with planning control. Scottish Ministers have no authority under planning legislation to intervene in such decisions.