9th July 2013 http://www.scotlink.org/files/policy/ConsultationResponses/LINKSRDPStage1Response.pdf
Scottish Environment LINK welcomes this Stage 1 Consultation on the next Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) and many of the proposals contained within in. In particular we are heartened to see reference to prioritisation and focusing on funds, geographic targeting, approaches to landscape scale and collaborative applications and the potential for integrated applications. LINK thinks Scottish Government should be seeking to manimise the budget available for the next SRDP by modulating to the maximum level possible (15% as currently proposed) from Pillar 1 to Pillar 2.