Freedom of Information Request - Beaver Management Buchlyvie
Date: 07 August 2025
Our ref: SIR181041/A5323225
Information Request – Beaver Management Buchlyvie
Your Request
I would like to request any information in relation to the removal or management of beavers and beaver dams at or near Woodend Farm and Flanders Moss to the north of Buchlyvie, Stirlingshire in 2024 and 2025 and, in particular,
1. Whether any licenses to remove or alter beaver dams were issued for or near these locations.
1.1: If so, please provide the licence reference number, the date it was issued and a copy of the licence or a summary of its conditions.
2. Whether any licences or permissions were given to kill, trap or relocate beavers at or near this location.
2.1: If so, please provide a copy of the licence or permission given and a summary of its conditions
3. Whether any impact assessments, monitoring efforts or mitigation measures relating to the management of beavers at this location were created or implemented.
3.1: If so, please provide copies and details of these
4. Whether any complaints or enforcement actions have been made or taken in relation to the management of beavers at these locations.
4.1: If so, please provide copies and details of these.
Our Response
We have discussed your information request with our Licensing Team, and, after completing several searches, using the parameters that you provided within your request, they have found no information that meets the terms of your request.
This means that as we do not hold the information we must apply, under the EIRs, the exemption 10(4)(a) (Information not held) to your request.
How We Handled Your Request
We believe you have asked for environmental information as defined in the Environmental Information (Scotland Regulations 2004 (‘the EIRs’), so we are dealing with your request under those regulations. To be able to use the EIRs, we must apply an exemption under section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (‘FOISA’). The Scottish Information Commissioner’s guidance recommends that public authorities apply this exemption to environmental information and handle request under the EIRs.
If you would like to find out more about the access to information legislation, there is a guidance booklet available on the Scottish Information Commissioner’s website.
Review and Appeal
I hope this information meets your requirements, but if you are dissatisfied with how we have responded to your information request, please write to us within 40 working days explaining your concerns. You can contact us at Battleby, Redgorton, Perth, PH1 3EW or email us at [email protected]. We will carry out a review of our response and contact you with our findings within 20 working days.
If you are not satisfied following this, you can make an appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner within 6 months. The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
KY16 9DS
Telephone: 01334 464610
Yours sincerely
FOI Officer,
NatureScot
