October 26, 2022

Our Petition to the Scottish Parliament must now succeed. https://www.parliament.scot/get-involved/petitions/view-petitions/pe1864-increase-the-ability-of-communities-to-influence-planning-decisions-for-onshore-windfarms   No longer will Scottish rural communities tolerate being treated as second class citizens.  It is time the Scottish Government did the right thing and gave us parity with England.  They tell us they want to give more power to Read more…

I sympathise greatly  with Linda Dunk (letters 21 October) as I would with anyone faced with a wind farm development on their doorstep but her opinion that 250m onshore turbines are unacceptable “except in the remotest of locations with low population density” is unfortunate to say the least.   Does Read more…

You will all remember our recent posts about Leslie Sinclair who bravely pursued legal action against the Scottish Ministers’ decision to ignore the recommendation, of two of their own Reporters, to refuse two wind farms on Orkney.  https://www.orcadian.co.uk/legal-action-to-be-raised-against-oic-windfarm-planning-approval/   Sadly Leslie was unsuccessful, however he was thankfully lucky enough to Read more…