Following on from the news about United Utilities announcing that there will be no new grouse shooting leases on its land (a move that it now seems to be back-pedaling on), Scottish Water, Scotland’s publicly owned water supplier, has announced that it is going to review grouse shooting on its land too. It should be noted that there is just one active grouse shooting lease on its ground, which is on a relatively small area in the Angus Glens. Scottish Water, in a statement sent to Revive, an anti-grouse shooting group, has said that the lease is set to expire in 2027 and it will review its options at that point. Scottish Water has noted that any changes will be subject to a formal decision-making process. However, it has said it is likely that its considerations will lead to a change of permitted land use. At the same time, the company said there will be no new grouse shooting leases created across its catchment estate. Dee Ward, a grouse Shot, grouse moor owner and the chair of Scot
Following on from the news about United Utilities announcing that there will be no new grouse shooting leases on its land (a move that they now seem to be backpedaling on), Scottish Water, Scotland’s publicly-owned water supplier, has announced that it is going to review grouse shooting on its land too. It should be noted that there is just one active grouse shooting lease on its ground, which is on a relatively small area in the Angus Glens. Scottish Water, in a statement sent to Revive, an anti-grouse shooting group, has said that the lease is set to expire in 2027 and they will review their options at that point. Scottish Water has noted that any changes will be subject to a formal decision-making process. However, they have said it is likely that their considerations will lead to a change of permitted land use. At the same time, they have said there will be no new grouse shooting leases created across their catchment estate. Dee Ward, a grouse Shot, grousemoor owner, and the
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