UK electricity regulator Ofgem has provisionally approved SSEN Transmission’s proposals to upgrade the grid in Argyll and Kintyre, Scotland. In its minded-to approve consultation on the company’s Final Needs Case, Ofgem has recognised the clear need for the Argyll and Kintyre Reinforcement Strategy, which SSEN Transmission said will secure future Read more…
You might be interested in responding to this consultation if you are living in a rural area and face a huge rise in Council tax (Bands E-H). We have responded as individuals using the industrialisation of the countryside and the effect it has on our residential amenity as a reason Read more…
Highland Council says new wind farm plans for south of Nairn show “insufficient regard to preserving natural beauty of the countryside” and has called on members to raise an objection. Planning officials cited as well the impact the development could have on the surrounding area, which is nearing saturation point Read more…
Following the Round table meeting for Communities at the Scottish Parliament in June organised by Alexander Burnett MSP, SAS followed up with letters to all the MSPs who attended the Round table and also those who took part in the debate which followed. We have received a response (below) from Read more…