By Tim Pauling
SCOTTISH windfarm planning policy was in disarray last night after a
judge’s ruling overturned the SNP government’s approval of a huge turbine
scheme in the islands.
Confusion reigned at Holyrood as a former Scottish Government minister
described Lady Clark’s decision to block the massive project on Shetland as
“driving a coach and horses” through the current system.
She decided that, because Viking Energy and its partner, SSE, did not have
an electricity generating licence for the development and a European
directive on wild birds had not been considered properly, the consent
granted was “incompetent”. Campaigners believe this will have major
repercussions for the renewables industry – and their view was backed
yesterday by an expert in planning and environmental law.
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