Below, you will find the Opinion of the Court delivered by Lord Brodie in the Appeals by Community Windpower Ltd and FIM against the Scottish Ministers and East Ayrshire Council in relation to Sneddon Law Wind Farm in East Ayrshire. Conclusion: We have considered each of the material attacks made Read more…
Three wind farm workers have been injured, including one seriously, after their crew transfer vessel struck a turbine at the 312MW Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm in the German North Sea. German maritime search and rescue organisation DGzRS said it responded to the incident after the alarm was raised at Read more…
In light of the current COVID-19 outbreak and social-distancing constraints, the Scottish Government are taking further steps to help keep the planning system moving during the crisis. Emergency temporary regulations were laid before the Scottish Parliament on 14 April 2020. The Town and Country Planning (Miscellaneous Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Read more…
The leader of a Sutherland windfarm campaign group has called for all such proposed developments to be shelved until the pandemic is over. Ashley Smith, chairman of No Ring of Steel (NORoS) spoke out in the wake of temporary changes made by the Scottish Government to planning legislation. Up until Read more…