CONCLUSIONS
This guidance describes and promotes the landscape character and design issues which it is appropriate to consider when developing a new fish or shellfish farm, or when extending an existing one.
Further advice on landscape issues raised by this guidance is available from SNH local and regional offices, and from Local Planning Authorities. Local contact addresses and telephone numbers are available from the relevant telephone directory. Other useful addresses are set out in Appendix 2 of this document.
The issues raised in this guidance serve to emphasise that good detail design alone cannot limit the impact of a structure – it is very important that developments are in locations where structures and activity are appropriate in the first place. Only this, combined with well sited, appropriately scaled and carefully laid out facilities will ensure that aquaculture development is successfuly integrated into the Scottish landscape.