1st April 2012, 05:02 PM
tmsarch Wrote:Although probably semantics we're not allowed to charge for the information contained within the HER - it is considered to be in the public realm. What we charge for (in our case at an hourly rate) is for the officer time that is taken to carry out searches and collate the information.
That's my understanding, too. A lot of Scottish HER data is available online, and can be consulted for free. However, if I'm doing an EIA for a windfarm and need to look at a couple of hundred site records, it's easier and cheaper to ask for a copy these in a digital format that can be imported directly into our system than to look at each one online.
You know Marcus. He once got lost in his own museum