Freedom of Information Request: Truderscaig SSSI 2009 and Skinsdale Peatlands SSSI - 2011
Date: 24 July 2024
Our ref: SIR 176192 / A4655365
Information Request – SCM Information for Truderscaig SSSI - 2009 and Skinsdale Peatlands SSSI - July 2011
Thank you for your information request, which we received on 4 July 2024. We have considered your request under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (‘the EIRs’).
Your Request
“I would also like to have copies of the Site Condition Reports for the Truderscaig SSSI undertaken in May 2009 and also the Skinsdale Peatlands SSSI undertaken in July 2011. “
Our Response
We have discussed your request with our Operations Team, and a copy of the two site condition reports with the management notes are attached as a separate document to this response.
We have redacted out two names from the information being released as we consider this to be personal data. Releasing personal data into the public domain in response to an information request, would breach the Data Protection Act 2018. We are therefore withholding the information under 11(2) (Personal Data).
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 [email protected]
