{"id":10517,"date":"2014-03-16T08:46:44","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T08:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=10517"},"modified":"2014-03-16T09:29:22","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T09:29:22","slug":"trust-urges-msps-to-reinstate-dropped-wild-land-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/trust-urges-msps-to-reinstate-dropped-wild-land-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"Trust urges MSPs to reinstate dropped wild land commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Holyrood due to debate the new National Planning Framework this week, the John Muir Trust has urged MSPs to resist lobbying pressure from those with a major financial interest in sabotaging the wild land map that has been developed by Scottish Natural Heritage over more than a decade. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday, parliament will debate the latest draft of the Scottish Government\u2019s new draft National Planning Framework 3. A commitment to \u2018strong protection for our wildest landscapes\u2019 in the original draft has been removed from the latest version. <\/p>\n

But since that new version was published, independent experts have analysed the results of a public consultation on the map which show that 410 submissions were received \u2013 twice as many as for the consultations on the drink driving limit and corroboration combined. <\/p>\n

Of these submissions, 73 per cent were in favour of the wild land, including a decisive majority of individuals, third sector organisations and local authorities.
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\nIn the light of the findings, the John Muir Trust has written to every MSP in advance of Tuesday\u2019s parliamentary debate asking them to support the reinstatement of the wild land map into the National Planning Framework. <\/p>\n

Helen McDade, Head of Policy for the John Muir Trust said: \u201cWe are urging MSPs from across all parties to stand up for Scotland\u2019s wild land against powerful financial interests
\nwho see it as commodity to be exploited for money rather than a national treasure to be protected.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past year, the Scottish Government and Scottish Natural Heritage have come under pressure from energy companies and some private landowners to scrap or diminish the Core Areas of Wild Land map.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey demanded that the wild land map be put out to public consultation. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat consultation has now been completed and the results underline the fact that the energy companies are in a small minority in their opposition to a wild land map of Scotland.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the light of these findings, the planning minister should now restate the commitment to strong protection for wild land that was in the original draft.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With Holyrood due to debate the new National Planning Framework this week, the John Muir Trust has urged MSPs to resist lobbying pressure from those with a major financial interest in sabotaging the wild land map that has been developed by Scottish Natural Heritage over more than a decade. On Tuesday, parliament will debate the latest draft of the Scottish Government\u2019s new draft National Planning Framework 3. A commitment to \u2018strong protection for our wildest landscapes\u2019 in the original draft has been removed from the latest version. But since that new version was published, independent experts have analysed the results…<\/span> <\/p>\n

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