Freedom of Information Request - Pentland Firth Islands
Date: 05 December 2025
Our ref: SIR182329/A5587787
Information Request – Pentland Firth Islands
Your Request
‘I'd like to submit an EIR request for Pentland Firth Islands SSSI (1677) and SPA (8566). Would you be able to provide me with the casework listed on your website please?
This does not intend to be a full FOI, I am mainly interested in information relevant to Swona [REDACTED]
Cases of interest listed below'
(this list can be made available on request)
Clarified Request
‘- Who made the enquiry
- What the enquiry was
- and the response’
Our Response
Following a search of the information we hold our response is attached separately.
We are unable to provide any documentation relating to case code ‘40677’. The case reference relates to an old casework system that we no longer have access to, and we don’t have enough alternative information to find the relevant documents.
We have withheld information about any individuals who made the enquiry and marked out (redacted) personal data in the attached, because releasing personal data into the public domain in response to an access to information request would breach the Data Protection Act
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 file size 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).
