December 2022

Highland Council will not object to a proposed 16-turbine wind farm near Lairg, despite objections from NatureScot, Mountaineering Scotland and two community councils. The local authority’s north planning committee concluded that the benefits of the Chleansaid wind farm outweigh the challenges. ESB Asset Development UK Limited wants to build the Read more

Millmoor Rig Wind Farm – Application Scottish Borders A Proposed Development comprising 13 onshore turbines, five at a maximum tip height of 180m, two with a maximum tip height of 200m, four with a maximum tip height of 210m and two with a maximum tip height of 230m, with a Read more

It will be interesting to see the detail but we don’t anticipate this latest news from Westminster interfering with our Petition to the Scottish Parliament.  Community support is still necessary before planning permission can be granted.  It will however be interesting to see how local authorities determine local support.  It Read more

And the result is………… Overall, 1,107 votes were cast and readers were divided with a small majority, 51 percent (563 people), answering “no” compared to 48 percent (536 people) who said “yes” in favour of onshore wind farms One per cent didn’t know.  https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1702517/onshore-wind-farms-u-turn-poll-rishi-sunak-tory-rebellion-spt#conversation-wrapper

This survey was passed to us by a SAS member from the Highlands. To take part you need to permanently reside in the geographic region of the Northern Highlands that spans the area of the North Coast 500 or have undertaken part of or all of the North Coast 500 Read more

Onshore wind energy SIR – We are writing concerning the importance of maintaining the Government’s policy on onshore wind development (“Supersized wind turbines could be built in England if onshore ban ends”, report December 3). In 2012, with the support of the then prime minister David Cameron and chancellor George Read more

Party split as Rishi Sunak pressured to lift Cameron-era prohibition on new turbines but MPs urge him to stay committed to offshore The Government must keep the onshore wind ban or Britain’s food security would be at risk, two dozen Conservative MPs have warned. Rishi Sunak is under pressure from Read more

As a Westminster battle rages over whether to allow new onshore wind farms, existing turbines could start disappearing from next year due to a planning quirk, i can reveal. The UK is in danger of losing power from onshore wind farms that currently provide energy for around 1.2 million homes Read more