The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (Scotland) Regulations 1999

Notification of decisions

16.  Where an application for consent has been determined by the Commissioners they shall–

(a) give notice in writing of their decision to the applicant and any person from whom they received representations in relation to the application, stating that they have taken into consideration the environmental information relating to the application and giving the reasons and considerations on which the decision was based; and

(b) publish a notice of their decision in the newspapers in which notice of the application was published in accordance with regulation 13(1) which gives details of the place and times at which the public may inspect a statement of–

(i) the content of the Commissioners' decision and any conditions attached thereto;

(ii) the main reasons and considerations on which the decision is based; and

(iii) a description, where necessary, of the main measures to avoid, reduce and, if possible, offset the major adverse effects of the project.