North East Scotland

The chair of each Area Advisory Group (AAG) is supported by a river basin planning co-ordinator.

The co-ordinator and first point of contact for the North East Scotland AAG is:

Name: Eilidh Johnston
Email: eilidh.johnston@sepa.org.uk
Tel:  01786 452611

Contents

Available as pdf (1.1mb ) or view online below

• Introduction
  • Purpose
  • What area does this plan cover?
  • How to use the north-east area management plan
• The water environment and achieving environmental improvements
  • The current condition of the water environment
  • Pressures and risks
  • Objectives for the water environment
• Actions planned to achieve our objectives
  • Putting the plan into action

Membership

Membership of the North East Scotland AAG is determined by the range and type of pressures in the North East Scotland area. Members include representatives from:

• Aberdeen City Council
• Aberdeen Harbour Board
• Aberdeenshire Council
• Cairngorms National Park Authority
• Dee Catchment Partnership
• Dee District Salmon Fishery Board
• East Grampian Coastal Partnership
• Forestry Commission Scotland
• Highland Council
• Malt Distillers Association / Scottish Whisky Association
• Moray Council
• Moray Firth Partnership
• National Farmers' Union, Scotland
• RSPB
• Scottish & Southern Energy
• Scottish Government Rural Inspections and Payment Division
• Scottish Natural Hetitage
• Scottish Rural Property & Business Association
• Scottish Water
• SEPA
• Spey District Salmon Fishery Board

Membership is flexible. It will be possible for additional members to be co-opted for agreed periods to assist with the preparation of particular aspects of river basin planning. Such members can be co-opted onto the AAG for single meetings, to cover specific agenda items or for a short period to advise on a particular issue. They will not be full members and therefore will not determine quorum or vote.

Meetings and minutes

The North East Scotland AAG meets regularly and provides a mechanism to support the production of a river basin management plan (RBMP) for the Scotland river basin district, and its co-ordination with other plans and programmes.

Future meetings

The date for the next meeting of North East Scotland AAG will be confirmed soon.

Previous meetings

Agenda, minutes, papers and presentations from the previous meetings of North East Scotland AAG are available online.

• 22 May 2008  (1.61mb)
• 21 Feb 2008  (1.30mb)

North East Scotland AAG forum

Anyone with an interest in the water environment of North East Scotland can become a member of the North East Scotland advisory group forum.

• Get involved
  More information on joining an AAG forum.

Presentations and proceedings from previous AAG forum conferences are available from the river basin planning co-ordinator.

Further information

Significant water management issues (SWMI)  (1.85mb)
Published in 2007, the report provides a comprehensive assessment of the threats to Scotland’s water and identifies the actions and improvements that are necessary to protect the water environment.

SWMI in North East Scotland  (62k)
Summary table of SWMI affecting water bodies in North East Scotland.

Early basin planning work
Information on early river basin management planning work, such as environmental and economic characterisation and Plan of Action.

Monitoring and classification
Information on how monitoring and classification are linked to basin planning can be found on the monitoring and classification pages.

Use the links on the left to visit other AAG pages.