A windfarm planning saga which has rumbled on for nearly two decades has finally been resolved. Energiekontor UK has been granted planning permission by the Scottish Government to build nine turbines at Margree near Dalry. The firm called for Holyrood to step in last year as the local authority hadn’t Read more…
Wind power A group of 14 green activist organisations including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and the Green Alliance have called on the UK government to “unblock” onshore wind development whilst acknowledging that decision-making should be given to local communities. Onshore wind development is not “blocked” by any stretch of Read more…
The Scottish Government has overruled more than 380 planning decision appeals in the past five years since the last local elections, new statistics show. Among them were 42 appeals made by Aberdeenshire Council – the second highest figure in the country, after only Edinburgh City Council. Figures released to the Read more…