It is easier for interest groups to seek judicial review of planning and environmental decisions following the clarification by the Supreme Court. As Lord Hope eloquently explained: Has this and other changes influenced the frequency of planning judicial reviews, and the outcomes? This Report analyses planning judicial reviews in Scotland Read more…
A new 100-m guyed lattice mast – one of the tallest in Britain – has been installed on the site of a new wind farm to be built in Argyllshire. While the removal of UK Government subsidies for onshore wind in the Rudd Re-set led to a severe slowdown in Read more…
Mark McLaughlin THE UK Government must end its “completely bonkers” ban on public funding for onshore wind developments, a Big Six energy boss has demanded. Keith Anderson, chief executive of Scottish Power, attacked the Conservative government’s “bizarre” funding model which supports fossil fuels but will not fund onshore wind, at Read more…
Claire Perry MP, energy and clean growth minister said during the All-Energy conference in Glasgow that the Conservative Party are “absolutely not against onshore wind. UK energy minister: Conservatives are ‘absolutely not against onshore wind’
Scotland’s largest in-development offshore wind farm has been sold by its Irish owner to French energy giant EDF. £1.8bn wind farm project sold to EDF Renewables