A SOUTH Scotland MSP has spoken out in the Scottish Parliament about the pressure facing local communities forced to repeatedly fight back against industrial-scale wind farms.
Craig Hoy, who will stand as the Conservative candidate for Dumfriesshire in the 2026 election, raised the 60-turbine Scoop Hill development, a few miles south east of Moffat, where Community Windpower has mounted repeated attempts to overcome local opposition.
The final say on the Scoop Hill development will lie with the Scottish Government, but Mr Hoy is concerned that the system is skewed towards developers.
He raised the issue during a debate, highlighting how communities are being forced to fight the same development proposals repeatedly, with developers free to keep submitting adapted plans in a bid to win consent.
Speaking at Holyrood, the MSP asked: “Does [Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson] share my concern amongst communities, particularly in the South West, but right across the whole of the South of Scotland, such as those who are affected by the Scoop Hill development outside Moffat?
“At present, developers come back time and time and time again with applications, variations of the same theme. They only have to win once, whereas the community have to stand up repeatedly to these developments.” https://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/25235092.msp-craig-hoy-says-wind-farm-developers-much-power/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLe8jpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHikjqigWfbuOT_bke3q9sPzmK5mDGYwzHfP9aLdn558kiz4fRs623vjRZXCQ_aem_IF_muIm1cmizpe6P-mpnww
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