The SITA Tayside Biodiversity Action Fund (the Fund) has been set up the Tayside Biodiversity Partnership with financial support from the SITA Trust derived from the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme drawn down with the support of Angus Council, Dundee City Council, Forestry Commission Scotland and Perth and Kinross Council.

The Fund will aim to deliver biodiversity conservation and enhancement for UK species and habitats in Tayside in line with the object DA of the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme (LTCS) regulations.

The SITA Trust funded the development and publication of the Tayside Biodiversity Action Plan. Since then, it has launched its £13.5m “Enriching Nature Programme” in England in partnership with nine Regional Biodiversity Fora where SITA UK has landfill sites. The SITA Trust has chosen Tayside area to develop a similar partnership in Scotland, as the only SITA UK’s landfill site in Scotland is in Tayside (Perth and Kinross). The SITA Tayside Biodiversity Action Fund will therefore be the only SITA Trust’s biodiversity funding programme in Scotland.

Perth and Kinross Quality of Life Trust (PKQLT) has agreed to act as the Fund’s administrator across Tayside through Perth and Kinross Grants Direct on behalf of the Tayside Biodiversity Partnership. The Tayside Biodiversity Partnership is represented on the PKQLT by its chairperson.

ENTRUST is the regulatory body set up to ensure that the landfill tax credits are being used as intended. Entrust will enroll organisations as environmental bodies if their objectives are directed towards one or more of the approved objects in the legislation. However, it is not compulsory to be enrolled with Entrust to apply, as the PKQLT can register the project with Entrust for you and ensure compliance with the regulations.

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