The Freedom of Information Act (Scotland) gives you the right to access information held by us.

The Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs) give you a similar right to ask us for environmental information. You do not have to mention this legislation in your request.

Anyone can request information – there are no restrictions on your age, nationality or where you live.

In processing your request, we are complying with a statutory Freedom of Information obligation. In order to do so, we need your full name and a contact address (postal or email address).

Guide to information

It may be the case that the information you require is already publicly available. Under Freedom of Information legislation, we are required to maintain a publication scheme that sets out the type of information we routinely publish.

The publication scheme, as well as further details of our Freedom of information process and obligations, can be found in our Guide to Information:

• Forestry and Land Scotland's Guide to Information (PDF 170KB)

How to request information

To request information, please contact:

Forestry and Land Scotland Head Office
Great Glen House
Leachkin Road
Inverness
IV3 8NW

Email: freedomofinformation@forestryandland.gov.scot

Tel: 0300 067 6000

Your request must include:

• your full name;
• a contact address - this can be a postal or email address; and
• a description of the information you want
  

If possible, please provide a daytime telephone number so we can contact you if we have any questions about your request.

You can ask for information in a particular format, such as paper or electronic copies.

You can find out more about your right to access information at the Scottish Information Commissioner website.

Costs

We don't charge for answering information requests.

When you'll get a response

You should receive a response from us promptly and within 20 working days.

If we can't give you the information

Our aim is to provide information whenever possible. If we don't hold the information or we believe there is a good reason to withhold it, we will explain why in our response.

We may also refuse your request if it will cost us more than £600 to find and provide the information.

If you are unhappy with our decision or how we have dealt with your request you can ask us to review this. If you are still not happy you can appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner.