Highland councillors give green light to Strath Tirry and Sallachy wind farms, but move made to call in Sallachy The go-ahead has been given for the construction of two new wind farms in the Lairg area. North councillors this morning voted 7:5 to grant planning consent to the four-turbine Strath Read more
Highland councillors are being urged to support a planning application for a Sutherland wind farm which is set to be decided tomorrow. The North Planning Applications Committee is due to consider at its meeting on Tuesday an application by German renewable energy company WKN GmbH for a nine-turbine development at Read more
A former government minister has called on the SNP to use a recent £700 million windfall to buy-up land across Scotland to protect it from the new “green lairds”. Peter Peacock also wants a Holyrood inquiry amid claims the super-rich are being handed a “licence to print money” through tax Read more
Recent research indicates community benefit is not always being paid and doesn’t provide the full value to communities. There is no monitoring of these promises usually made at application stage. The Scottish Government does not enforce the payment of Community Benefits. It all drops below the radar once a scheme Read more
In January 2022 the bidding results were announced for the offshore ScotWind seabed auction (Crown Estates Scotland-ScotWind). The Scottish Government target was to lease sufficient seabed area to provide for 10,000MW of wind energy capacity. Due to the considerable success of the auction sufficient seabed for 24,800MW has been auctioned. Read more
New offshore wind farms are being rushed through with a ‘catastrophic impact’ on Britain’s sea birds, charity warns The RSPB says that new offshore wind farms will have an impact on sea birds Government figures show that 4,000 kittiwakes could die each year as a result The vulnerable birds will Read more
THREE massive wind turbines – which could each reach a height of up to 150m – are being proposed for a site on the Ardeer peninsula. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) scoping opinion request has been lodged with North Ayrshire Council for the potential development near Stevenston. A report submitted Read more
This amazing view of Midlothian from the B7007 uninterrupted by industrial wind turbines is due to the efforts of four Reporters, Midlothian Councillors, Borders Councillors, Planning officials at Midlothian and Borders Council, Landscape Architects, Lawyers and Planning Consultants, Independent Experts, Penicuik Environment Protection Association (PEPA), Association to Protect the Environment Read more