A wind farm has been given the go-ahead near Turnberry despite being blown out by the council. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/wind-farm-near-turnberry-given-11659918
Planning Aid Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to be bolder and more ambitious in its Planning Bill which was published on 5 December http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/106768.aspx?ct=t(PAS_Ebulletin_31_July7_30_2015)#stagetwo in order to realise a more positive, collaborative planning system which carries the trust of local communities and empowers them to actively engage in the Read more…
Britain’s greenest energy supply company yesterday turned on what might be England’s last onshore wind park, as Ecotricity founder and former hippy Dale Vince lamented that the once-dynamic onshore wind industry had been “effectively killed off by government policy” which blocks all new developments <south of the Anglo-Scottish Border> The Read more…
A rural Moray community aims to use a grant from a wind farm to attract people back to the area. Moray will use wind farm grant to attract people back to area
Dumfries and Galloway Council’s planning committee has given consent to two wind farms in Scotland totalling 66.4MW. http://renews.biz/109449/dg-oks-onshore-double/