Freedom of Information Request - Carmyle/Kenmuir Farm Development
Date: 21 August 2025
Our ref: SIR180768/A5329178
Information Request – Carmyle/Kenmuir Farm Development
Your Request
We are seeking any environmental reports, surveys, consultations, correspondence or records held by NatureScot in relation to the proposed development at Carmyle/Kenmuir Farm, Glasgow, a site currently zoned as greenbelt land and recently announced by Glasgow City Council for potential sale to private developers for residential housing (approx. 400 homes).
Unfortunately, the Glasgow City Council planning portal is currently offline, making it difficult for us to access any related documentation or planning application records.
We would be grateful for any information you can provide or guidance on how we may formally request access to relevant records.
To assist in locating the information, we provide the following details:
• Time period: January 2014 to present
• Location: Carmyle/Kenmuir Farm, Glasgow, G32
• Specific project or issue: Proposed housing development and sale of greenbelt land by Glasgow
City Council at Carmyle/Kenmuir Farm; potential environmental impact; presence of protected species or habitats
We are particularly interested in:
• Any Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) or species/habitat surveys
• Records of internal or external consultations or correspondence
• Any records of discussion regarding licences for works impacting protected species or habitats
Our Response
We have discussed your request with our Operations Team; they found many documents that meet the terms of your request. Copies of these documents are provided separately to this response.
We have marked out redacted some information within these documents for the following reasons.
Personal Data – We have redacted out personal data, including names, from this information because to release this information in response to an information request, would go against the Data Protection Act 2018. We have therefore applied the EIR exemption 11(2) (Personal Data).
Sensitive Species Data – We have also redacted out information relating to otter holts and badger setts. We have done this because releasing this information could increase the risk of deliberate disturbance to these mammals. As the release of information under the EIRs is equivalent to release into the public domain, we do not believe that it is in the public interest to release information that might enable disturbance of these mammals. We have therefore applied the EIRs exemption 10(5)(g) (Protection of the environment) to this information.
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
Document downloads
Due to accessibility issues the attached information, referenced above, is available on request by contacting the FOI team at [email protected]. Please reference the case number (starting with SIR).
