Organisations and residents voice issues at recent Environmental Impact Meeting held in Langholm
Last Thursday Scottish Woodlands who are designing a new wood for Warblaw on behalf of James Jones the landowner, held a scoping meeting for an environmental impact assessment (EIA). Attendance at the meeting in the Buccleuch Centre was by invitation only and included representatives of the Save Warblaw Action Group (SWAG), the Stevenson Trust, the Langholm Initiative and Nature Scot along with a number of residents. A Buccleuch staff member was there but the views expressed were his own.
Neil Murray of Scottish Forestry, the Scottish government body for forestry, chaired the meeting and also in attendance was an ecologist engaged by Scottish Woodlands to support the process. Submissions for the EIA from other bodies such as SEPA and the RSPB had been received in advance of the meeting.
Those attending were invited in turn to voice the issues of concern with regard to the proposals, and all views were noted on the environmental and social impact of the plans. These will be fed into the process to assess whether or not Scottish Woodlands need to further revise the design of their woodland scheme and/or if the proposals can go ahead.
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