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  2020-23 corporate plan
  
  Sector profile: offshore wind
  
  Future financing scenarios for offshore wind - summary report
  
  Ayre offshore wind farm scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  Bellrock offshore wind farm scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  Bowdun offshore wind farm scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  Broadshore offshore wind farm scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  Buchan offshore wind farm scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  Caledonia offshore wind farm scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  Campionwind scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  Havbredey scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  Machairwind scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  Magnora offshore wind scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  Marramwind scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  Morven scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  Muir mhòr offshore wind farm scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  Ossian offshore wind farm scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  Stromar offshore wind farm scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  West of orkney wind farm scds outlook - july 2023 update
  
  2023-24 business plan
  
  Briefing: innovation and targeted oil & gas (intog) leasing
  
  Intog map and project details - november 2023
  
  2023 aquaculture tenants survey
  
  2023 property tenants survey
  
  Arven scds outlook - december 2023 update
  
  Arven south scds outlook - december 2023 update
  
  Annual report and accounts to 31 march 2023
  
  Statutory biodiversity report - 2023
  
  Green volt scds outlook
  
  2024-25 business plan
  
  Aquaculture community engagement - feasibility study 2015
  
  Aquaculture - renunciation letter (company)
  
  Our guidance note on seabed ownership
  
  Aquaculture - renunciation letter (individual)
  
  Prospects and opportunities for large-scale restorative aquaculture in scotland (low res)
  
  Aquaculture spatial data
  
  Scotwind area 14 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 15 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 16 scds outlook
  
  Co-existence of capture fisheries & marine aquaculture. review of measures for improved co-existence with recommendations for adoption in scotland
  
  Scotwind map: shetland ne1 projects at aug 2022
  
  Aquaculture - guidance notes for leases 2023
  
  Aquaculture - participation in management agreements (guidance)
  
  Aquaculture - participation in management agreements (report template)
  
  Management of plastics - aquaculture inventory tool
  
  Intog briefing - may 2023
  
  Aquaculture - lease option agreements scotland
  
  Scotwind briefing - august 2023
  
  Commercial models for future hydrogen production
  
  Sector profile: marine energy
  
  Market engagement of industry on current and future leasing opportunities for wave and tidal energy
  
  Guide to information
  
  Heads of terms - pipelines
  
  Aquaculture - guidance notes for lease option agreements 2023
  
  Public service reform act statement 22-23
  
  Wet storage – joint industry project summary report
  
  Trade union disclosure for the period to 31 march 2024
  
  Trade union disclosure for the period to 31 march 2023
  
  Bakkafrost scotland ltd - collaborative management report 2024
  
  Cooke aquaculture scotland ltd - collaborative management report 2024
  
  kames fish farming ltd - collaborative management report 2024
  
  Loch duart ltd - collaborative management report 2024
  
  Mowi scotland ltd - collaborative management report 2024
  
  Organic sea harvest ltd - collaborative management report 2024
  
  Scottish sea farms ltd - collaborative management report 2024
  
  Moorings socio-economic assessment
  
  Public services reform act statement 2020-21
  
  Pentland firth - how the projects could be built
  
  Pentland firth - onshore infrastructure information note
  
  Angling clubs in scotland
  
  Study to identify opportunities for strategic measurements in pentland firth & orkney waters
  
  Shellfish rent review report 2015
  
  Scotland portfolio update 2016
  
  Autumn bulletin 2016
  
  Consultation response - uk government (beis) industrial strategy green paper
  
  Memorandum of understanding between crown estate scotland and the crown estate
  
  Business plan 2017/18
  
  Farm sales framework (interim)
  
  Consultation response - scottish government's draft energy strategy
  
  Framework document for crown estate scotland (interim management) - march 2017
  
  Intake & outfall pipes
  
  Moorings
  
  Scottish shellfish critical mass study
  
  Finfish rent review report 2012
  
  Marine works (general)
  
  Legislation governing crown estate scotland
  
  Update - new offshore wind leasing
  
  Tenant and stakeholder research
  
  2018-19 business plan
  
  Bulletin - summer/autumn 2017
  
  Discussion document feedback form
  
  New offshore wind leasing for scotland - discussion document
  
  Angling clubs & associations
  
  Bulletin - spring / summer 2018
  
  New offshore wind leasing: summary q&as from discussion document events
  
  Den farm: natural capital assessment
  
  Glenlivet estate: natural capital assessment
  
  Glenlivet estate: natural capital assessment (appendix - maps)
  
  Natural capital case study: improving soil
  
  Natural capital case study: peatland restoration
  
  Natural capital case study: woodland planting - wetland restoration
  
  Natural capital protocol for land-based businesses presentation
  
  Ruthven farm: natural capital assessment
  
  Ruthven farm: natural capital assessment (appendix - maps)
  
  Trial of natural capital protocol for land-based businesses - overview report
  
  Local asset management pilots scheme - criteria & process
  
  Tenant service action plan 2018-19
  
  Tenant service charter
  
  Macroeconomic benefits of floating offshore wind in the uk
  
  Scotwind leasing - new offshore wind leasing for scotland
  
  Bulletin - autumn/winter 2018
  
  Highlights 2017-18
  
  Rural assets strategy consultation
  
  Draft investment strategy – sea environmental report
  
  Offshore generation, energy storage & stystems feasibility study 2019
  
  Scotwind leasing - april 2019 update
  
  Crown estate scotland's biodiversity statement
  
  Guidance notes for lease applications in scotland
  
  2019-20 business plan
  
  Nrs - crown estate scotland - agreement report
  
  Records management plan
  
  Response to the infrastructure commission for scotland call for evidence
  
  Executive summary - tenant research - may 2019
  
  Scotwind leasing: pre-launch summary
  
  Complaints handling procedure annual report 2018-19
  
  Scotwind leasing: responses to pre-launch feedback
  
  Scotwind leasing: september update
  
  Review of the contribution of cultivated bivalve shellfish to ecosystem services
  
  Clyde shellfish critical mass development plan pilot
  
  Shellfish critical mass development plan pilot report
  
  Requests for below market value agreements
  
  Annual report and accounts to 31 march 2018
  
  Memorandum of understanding - decommissioning of offshore renewable energy installations
  
  Bulletin - autumn/winter 2019
  
  Dryfesdalegate farm - natural capital assessment
  
  Trial of the natural capital protocol with the dairy sector - overview report
  
  2021-23 climate change action plan
  
  Draft 2020-23 corporate plan: consultation analysis
  
  Coastal tenant survey - executive summary
  
  Crown estate scotland marine data policy statement
  
  Framework document for crown estate scotland (2020)
  
  Bulletin - spring/summer 2020
  
  Corporate plan 2017-20
  
  Crown estate scotland 2020-23 corporate plan - post adoption statement
  
  Crwia screening - draft 2020-23 corporate plan
  
  Draft 2020-23 corporate plan
  
  Equality impact assessment screening - draft 2020-23 corporate plan
  
  Island communites impact assessment screening - draft 2020-23 corporate plan
  
  2020-21 business plan
  
  Crown estate scotland corporate plan (2020-23): consultation with children and young people
  
  Payments over £25,000 - 2017/18
  
  Payments over £25,000 - 2018/19
  
  Public services reform act statement - 2017/18
  
  Public services reform act statement - 2018/19
  
  Offshore generation energy systems - value case study
  
  Scotwind leasing - launch summary
  
  Scds engagement document
  
  Annual report and accounts to 31 march 2019
  
  Data protection policy
  
  Ports for offshore wind
  
  Option period extension policy
  
  Bulletin - autumn/winter 2020
  
  National mission with local impact - draft infrastructure investment plan 2021‑2022 to 2025‑2026
  
  Annual report and accounts to 31 march 2020
  
  Policy statement: gold panning
  
  Privacy notice
  
  Biodiversity duty report
  
  Crown estate scotland statement on recreational gold panning
  
  Mines royal option process
  
  Payments over £25,000 - 2019/20
  
  Public services reform act statement - 2019/20
  
  Supply chain development statement - summary
  
  Asset profile - coastal cables and pipelines
  
  Asset profile - commercial property
  
  Asset profile - development property
  
  Asset profile - farming
  
  Asset profile - finfish farming
  
  Asset profile - forestry
  
  Asset profile - marine cables & pipelines
  
  Asset profile - minerals & mines
  
  Asset profile - offshore wind
  
  Asset profile - other rural
  
  Asset profile - other seabed
  
  Asset profile - ports & harbours
  
  Asset profile - residential
  
  Asset profile - salmon fishing rights
  
  Asset profile - seaweed
  
  Asset profile - shellfish farming
  
  Asset profile - sporting
  
  Asset profile - wave & tidal
  
  Economic feasibility study on seaweed
  
  2021-22 business plan
  
  Asset profile - marinas & moorings
  
  Agricultural relettings framework - september 2019
  
  Asset profile - carbon capture and storage
  
  Regulated procurements contracts - external
  
  Intog - public summary
  
  Alternative markets for farmed scottish shellfish and associated requirements
  
  Alternative markets for farmed scottish shellfish appendix 1: scottish mussels market background
  
  Alternative markets for farmed scottish shellfish appendix 2: market prospects for nutra - pharma products
  
  Scottish crown estate local management pilots: interim lessons learned report november 2021
  
  Annual report and accounts to 31 march 2021
  
  Heads of terms - sub-sea telecommunications cables
  
  Tackling litter and refuse - coplar policy
  
  Farm sales to tenants process jan 2022
  
  Surrender or joint sales of farms process jan 2022
  
  Equality diversity and inclusion plan
  
  Annual report and accounts to 31 march 2022
  
  2022-23 business plan
  
  Intog offshore market review
  
  Scotwind area 1 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 10 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 11 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 12 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 13 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 17 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 2 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 3 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 4 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 5 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 6 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 7 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 8 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 9 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind briefing - may 2022
  
  Intog response document - june 2022
  
  Executive summary report: crown estate scotland stakeholder research, july 2022
  
  Trade union disclosure 2021-22
  
  Less than market value policy
  
  Market value assessment of mooring agreements - 2022
  
  Scotwind awards with project partners - november 2022
  
  Scotwind briefing - november 2022
  
  Forthwind - supply chain outlook
  
  Pentland - supply chain outlook
  
  Scotwind area 18 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 19 scds outlook
  
  Scotwind area 20 scds outlook
  
  Blue economy opportunities for scottish farmed shellfish
  
  Aquaculture - assignation letter template 2023
  
  Aquaculture - lease application form 2023
  
  Aquaculture - lease option application form 2023
  
  Aquaculture - modification application form 2023
  
  Aquaculture - renewal application form 2023
  
  Aquaculture - renunciation letter template (company) 2023
  
  Aquaculture - renunciation letter template (individual) 2023
  
  Management of plastics - aquaculture leaseholder report template
  
  Aquaculture - guidance for reporting on the management of plastics
  
  Sector profile: ccus/co2 storage
  
  Public service reform act statement 21-22
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  Communities across Scotland urged to apply for £425,000 funding
  
  Extension of our current corporate plan period
  
  New research will enhance strategic confidence in Scotland’s Carbon Storage potential
  
  Scottish data integrated onto UK’s world-leading offshore data resource to help drive to net-zero
  
  Crown Estate Scotland survey finds significant appetite to accelerate deployment of tidal and wave energy
  
  Nine environmental community projects across Scotland share in £126,000 Crown Estate Scotland funding
  
  New effort to tackle marine litter around Scottish islands launches with Crown Estate Scotland support
  
  Big win for rural housing as eight community projects share in £300,000 funding
  
  Tenant feedback summaries
  
  Offshore Wind and CCS Colocation Forum commissions vital viability research
  
  INTOG: Exclusivity Agreements signed for seven TOG offshore wind projects to help decarbonise the North Sea and support innovation
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  Crown Estate Scotland joins Marine Data Exchange
  
  Royal Opening for Scalan Mills
  
  Offshore wind projects could help secure green hydrogen potential
  
  Communities across Scotland urged to apply for £425,000 funding
  
  Crown Estate Scotland launches market engagement survey for tidal and wave energy sectors
  
  ScotWind Leasing Supply Chain Development
  
  New chair of Crown Estate Scotland appointed
  
  Community Land Accelerator lead appointed
  
  New report examines long-term prospect for extending life of offshore wind farms
  
  INTOG: Exclusivity Agreements signed for five offshore wind projects to support innovation
  
  Seven community projects share in £250k funding from Crown Estate Scotland
  
  The Coronation
  
  Landmark arrangement empowers Orkney communities to manage seabed
  
  Works at Portgordon Harbour
  
  INTOG: 13 projects selected to support green innovation and help decarbonise North Sea
  
  First joint market engagement on carbon capture utilisation and storage is launched
  
  Crown Estate Scotland supports Scottish Education Roadshow
  
  INTOG offshore wind leasing attracts interest
  
  Crown Estate Scotland delivers £60m for public spending and secures Scotland’s global lead in offshore wind
  
  New supply chain commitments from developers published
  
  Three ScotWind clearing project agreements confirmed
  
  Review of private leisure mooring fees
  
  Visiting Robin Rigg Windfarm
  
  Scottish boat moorings generate £23m annually and support 445 jobs
  
  Statement: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
  
  Community events announced for Glenlivet Estate 2050 project
  
  Three Shetland ScotWind projects announced
  
  Communities across Scotland urged to apply for £350,000 funding
  
  New offshore wind leasing opens: INTOG aims to to encourage innovation and decarbonise North Sea
  
  Tenant farmers indicate strong desire to buy Crown Estate Scotland farms
  
  ZeroFour innovation hub partnership will help preserve wartime history of unique Scottish airfield
  
  Community conversation for Glenlivet Estate announced
  
  Crown Estate Scotland unveils support for coastal jobs, clean energy, and nature projects
  
  Summary of feedback on proposed INTOG leasing published
  
  Crown Estate Scotland announces new Chief Executive
  
  Fund to enhance Scotland’s coasts and seas is launched
  
  Ten environmental community projects across Scotland share in £120,000 funding
  
  New study illustrates scale of potential for the development of UK offshore wind
  
  ScotWind developers set out multi-billion-pound supply chain commitments
  
  ScotWind Clearing process opens
  
  Crown Estate Scotland Spatial Hub brings our data to the world
  
  17 ScotWind project agreements confirmed
  
  Corpach Marina secures funding to complete regeneration project
  
  Crown Estate Scotland and Dundee and Angus College host community event at Montrose Academy
  
  New report: electrification of North Sea oil and gas would boost innovation and help meet decarbonisation targets
  
  Nine Highlands & Islands community projects share in £250k funding
  
  Statement regarding ScotWind Leasing and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
  
  ScotWind Clearing Process Procedural Update
  
  Statement on ScotWind leasing process and Russia
  
  Board members sought to drive Crown Estate Scotland strategy and investments
  
  New £3m investment fund will help green business growth across Scotland
  
  New leasing opportunity unveiled to boost innovation and help decarbonise North Sea
  
  Crown Estate Scotland chief executive to retire
  
  Root and branch review of aquaculture leasing complete
  
  New opportunities for land ownership in farming
  
  ScotWind offshore wind leasing delivers major boost to Scotland’s net zero aspirations
  
  Estate delivers £44m for public spending and sets Scotland up for the biggest ever net zero investment
  
  Crown Estate Scotland signs new agreement with Angus Council to develop ZeroFour Hub
  
  Crown Estate Scotland announces partnership to improve coordination of Offshore Wind infrastructure
  
  Crown Estate Scotland set to double energy team to help deliver net zero
  
  Report: Scotland’s shellfish sector can aim for more global growth
  
  New £3m fund for Scottish communities’ green recovery
  
  Oster Milambo appointed Director of Property at Crown Estate Scotland
  
  New leasing process to decarbonise oil & gas and boost innovation
  
  Crown Estate Scotland launches community conversation on Whitehill estate
  
  £850k fund for communities’ green recovery opens for applications
  
  ScotWind secures major interest in Scotland’s offshore wind potential
  
  Closing date for applications to ScotWind
  
  New £3m investment fund for boat-based tourism in Scotland
  
  Crown Estate Scotland awards £150k to community projects across Scotland
  
  Crown Estate Scotland invests in community hub as Portgordon deal develops
  
  John Robertson: 6 January 1966 to 30 May 2021
  
  New suite of documents offer fresh insight into use of Scottish Crown Estate
  
  Final technical update for scotwind leasing applicants
  
  Crown Estate Scotland completes ScotWind Leasing review
  
  Landmark agreement will involve Orkney communities in managing seabed
  
  £100k for local environmental projects around scotland
  
  New vision for future of Portgordon Harbour
  
  Our plan to tackle emissions and adapt to climate change
  
  Scotwind leasing application timings extended
  
  Whisky from beneath the waves
  
  Application window opens for scotwind leasing
  
  Changes to our managing agent partnerships
  
  Exciting opportunity secured for new entrants to scottish tenant farming sector
  
  Landmark agreement secures local management of salmon fishing rights
  
  Crown Estate Scotland delivers £12m for Scotland’s communities
  
  Upstream battle on the clyde continues to tackle marine litter
  
  Crown estate scotland confirms timings for scotwind leasing
  
  Crown estate scotland welcomes the publication of sectoral marine plan
  
  £500k to support sustainable offshore wind development in Scotland
  
  New research on net zero opportunities for scotland’s ports
  
  ScotWind Leasing: registration closed, clarifications now published
  
  New £750k fund to support communities’ green recovery
  
  Montrose to benefit from major new investment by Crown Estate Scotland
  
  Green light for multi-billion pound investment in Scotland’s net zero economy
  
  New study highlights extra community benefits of local energy systems
  
  ScotWind Leasing: April update
  
  Crown Estate Scotland statement on ScotWind Leasing and COVID-19
  
  ScotWind Leasing: updated statement on supply chain measures
  
  ScotWind Leasing Update
  
  Next steps for new Scottish offshore wind leasing
  
  Scotland moves closer to new offshore wind leasing
  
  October planned for Scotland’s offshore wind launch
  
  ScotWind leasing - update on timescales and next steps
  
  Timescales and next steps for new offshore wind leasing for Scotland
  
  Crown Estate Scotland issues first agreement for critical CO2 storage infrastructure
  
  Tenant survey launched
  
  Parliament approves Scottish Crown Estate Bill
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