Decision I shall sustain the respondents’ pleas in law, repel the petitioners’ and refuse the petition . http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/docs/default-source/cos-general-docs/pdf-docs-for-opinions/2017csoh113.pdf?sfvrsn=0
This is to update you on our upcoming action and to give you an opportunity to get involved and support our efforts to try and get an amendment on Equal Rights of Appeal to the Planning Bill going through Parliament this Autumn. To prepare for this final lobbying push, we are currently Read more
Perth-based utility giant SSE has by-passed a local council and instead has appealed direct to the Scot-Govt for a two-year extension for the National Offshore Wind Turbine Test Facility in Ayrshire. Planning consent for the facility at Hunterston in North Ayrshire is due to expire in October 2017. SSE first Read more
Fraser Cambpell A Fife-based wind power company has lost its second bid for approval to build a new turbine-generation development in Dumfries-shire. The first application by Burcote Wind, based in Dunfermline, to erect 36 turbines in the Longburn wind farm project in Upper Nithsdale, was thrown out by the local Read more
By STEVE HOLLIDAY Red ‘danger’ flags are being raised by engineers and other professionals who work to provide a reliable supply of energy to our homes, workplaces and roads, that energy must be a serious priority for Messrs Davis and Barnier at the Brexit negotiating table in Brussels. During my Read more
How sad it is to walk and drive round the Highlands now – as it is across many parts of rurall Scotland. The landscape is littered with giant industrial turbines and the pylons that connect them like a massive metal spider’s web spanning the country. The news that there is Read more
ISN’T it amazing how quickly inflation bites? Less than two weeks ago we were told by a mix of vested interests – the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) coalition – that the proposed Forth/Tay North Sea offshore wind farms would provide some 300,000 homes or more with electricity. Whereas that Read more