September 16, 2016

Justice in the UK is open to all, like the Ritz Hotel” – Tom Bingham’s aphorism perfectly captures the position concerning access to the courts to enforce environmental laws in Scotland. Pocket depth is key. Developments in the judicial system have been made to address this (with more on the Read more

The proposed wind turbine at the Bairds Malt facility in Arbroath has been refused by Angus Council Development Management Review Committee. Bairds Malt is a long-standing and significant employer in the local area, having 57 Angus employees and supply contracts with more than 1000 farms; 230 of them spread throughout Read more

Written by Hans J Marter The operator of the oil industry airport at Scatsta has objected to a proposed wind farm development in the nearby island of Yell on the grounds of aircraft safety and potential operational impacts. Serco says the Beaw Field wind farm, which would have 17 145-metre Read more

Lewis Wind Power (LWP) – a joint venture between engineering and construction group Amec Foster Wheeler and EDF Energy Renewables – has bought new wind farm acreage on the Isle of Lewis as it seeks to sell output into the wider UK grid via a planned sub-sea cable. LWP’s acquisition Read more