As you may be aware, Community Windpower Limited (CWL) recently appealed against the Court of Session decision in favour of the Council. The three Appeal Court judges who heard the appeal did not make a formal decision after hearing from CWL and the Council, and stated that they wished time Read more…
Amanda Crawford A planning proposal to Dumfries and Galloway Council for a single temporary wind mast at Thornhill has left nearby residents upset. If granted permission EDF Energy Renewables, the company behind the application, will erect one 90 metre wind monitoring mast on Auchinleck Hill, north east of the village. Read more…
Cash-strapped East Ayrshire Council has spent over £3 million on external consultants in the past two years. But the depute chief executive of the local authority has claimed the vast spending, revealed after a Freedom of Information request from GMB Scotland, is “essential” because the council doesn’t have the in-house Read more…