February 9, 2024

A FORMER Scottish planning minister has slammed the building of battery energy storage parks on greenbelt land and called for a presumption towards them being built on brownfield sites. Former SNP MSP Alex Neil said greenbelt should be a “last resort”. The call echoes that of local campaigns, such as Read more…

  Nights of worry over pylons I WRITE in response to Rebecca Mcquillan’s column (“How pylons could become the next front in the culture war”, The Herald, February 8th) A new phenomenon is growing in rural Scotland. In the early hours of the morning lights appear in windows as residents Read more…