For anyone fighting a wind farm application, the updated version of Scottish Planning Policy was published on 18 December 2020 Policy statement on how nationally important land use planning matters should be addressed across the country. https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-planning-policy/?fbclid=IwAR19Uf2Yux3_nfQrJXcI1OLoDPsTyadBwDfXSJqanvhHpMrdc6Z461P3O2c
The government has given planning permission for the construction of the Hornsea Three offshore wind farm in the North Sea. By Grace Newton Thursday, 31st December 2020, 4:16 pm The development proposal was first submitted to the HM Planning Inspectorate for consideration in 2018 and was today recommended for Read more…
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our members, old and new who have contributed so much to the Group throughout this very difficult year. It’s always great to hear from you all through Facebook, the Website, Twitter or even by phone (yes people still do that!). The Read more…
On 14th December 2020, the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published a Call for Evidence on Enabling a High Renewable, Net Zero Electricity System. The Call for Evidence was released on the same day as the Energy White Paper (see our bulletin here) and as such Read more…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said it is considering legal action against those responsible for a landslide at the construction site of a new wind farm. Last November’s slide at Meenbog in Co Donegal brought thousands of tonnes of peat and trees down the hillside and into the River Read more…
There are no works planned on the site of the wind farm at Meenbog in Co. Donegal until agencies have reviewed documentation that is to be provided by the developer. A spokesperson for Donegal County Council has said that the wind farm developer is in the process of providing a Read more…
London, 29 December: The GWPF is today publishing a short study of the emissions abatement costs revealed in the recently published UK Energy White Paper, Powering Our Net Zero Future. The study shows that the UK government has prepared a full estimate of the costs of decarbonising the electricity supply Read more…
Over the past five years, 367 local planning decisions were reversed on appeal – 36 per cent of all appeal cases – and in one year, 2015/15, nearly half were overturned. The Conservatives accused the SNP of “betraying” local decision and “snatching power” from local authorities. In 2016, controversial plans Read more…