A LAND rush by communities to take control of estates, woodland, empty plots and buildings is under way as ordinary people across Scotland join a new community buyout revolution. http://martini.heraldscotland.com/news/14804595.The_community_land_rush_spreading_to_urban_Scotland/
The costs of bringing a judicial review application highlighted in the Law and Legal Affairs pages of the Scotsman today. You may need to buy the paper if you do not have a subscription. http://www.scotsman.com/
HOW ironic that at the time of the “environmental” groups’ call for higher targets for renewable technologies (“Experts: Half of our power can be green by 2030”, The Herald, October 10), Scotland was importing more than 1200MW of much needed electricity from England, including nuclear and fossil fuels, to keep Read more
Complaints of dizziness and nausea have been made by some Fairlie residents, with questions being asked to whether the symptoms are linked to the towering wind turbines at Hunterston. Concerns were first aired at last Monday’s Fairlie Community Council meeting as chairman Rita Holmes said that she has felt Read more
By Blair Dingwall North-east residents want work on a controversial windfarm halted – because two councillors breached their code of conduct when they backed it. An official probe has discovered the process which led to the five-turbine scheme in the heart of Aberdeenshire being approved was “flawed”. Two members of Read more
At least half of all new Scottish wind farms will have to provide a community benefits package as part of their planning applications by 2020. This was declared by SNP MSP Stuart McMillan when he formally launched the second phase of funding for the community-owned Kellybank wind farm development near Read more
THE COMPANY that wants to lay an interconnector cable between Shetland and Caithness to allow energy from the proposed Viking Energy windfarm to be transmitted to the mainland is to stage an open event in Lerwick later this month. http://www.shetnews.co.uk/news/13435-sse-stages-event-about-interconnector-cable
A ban on new wind farm developments cannot be imposed by Moray Council while it updates its planning policy, the Scottish government has said. The authority’s members unanimously backed calls for the moratorium, while a public consultation continues on how it should treat applications in future. However, local government minister Read more