Freedom of Information Request - Gull Licences
Date: 18 September 2024
Our ref: SIR176775/A4742535
Information Request – Gull Licences
Thank you for your information request, which we received on 21 August. We have considered your request under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (‘the EIRs’).
Your Request
The number of gull licences applied for in Elgin, Aberdeen, Inverness and Nairn for each individual calendar year from 2013, including the current year to date.
• The number of eggs to be removed in gull licence applications for the above query.
• The number of gull licences approved in Elgin, Aberdeen, Inverness and Nairn for each individual calendar year from 2013, including the current year to date.
• The number of eggs to be removed in approved gull licence applications for the above query.
• The number of gull licences rejected in Elgin, Aberdeen, Inverness and Nairn for each individual calendar year from 2013, including the current year to date.
• The number of eggs to be removed in rejected gull licence applications for the above query.
• The average duration in number of days it has taken for gull licence applications to be approved/rejected in Elgin, Aberdeen, Inverness and Nairn for each individual calendar year from 2013, including the current year to date.
For clarity, please supply individual responses for Elgin, Aberdeen, Inverness and Nairn, not cumulative totals for them together.
Our Response
The Licensing Team have provided the information as a separate document to this response. The information is for the period 2013 to the 1 August 2024.
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).