A WIND farm development is to be considered by Scottish Borders Council. Alerion UK has submitted a scoping report to planning officers at the local authority. It is a development consisting of up to four wind turbines and associated infrastructure, including electrical transformers, hard-standings, access roads, cabling, borrow pits and Read more
Our reply (and others) to that letter in the Scotsman yesterday! Scotsman letters CAT PROTECTION If E Campbell’s claim is correct, (letters 5 august 2025) then cats kill one quarter of all UK birds every year, which we very much doubt. In dismissing as relatively small the number of birds Read more
As members of the DPEA Stakeholder Forum, Aileen and Rachel attended the meeting on 2 June on behalf of SAS. It is obvious from the minutes and from attending the meeting, that there are serious concerns from a number of quarters that public participation in the planning and appeal process Read more
Scotsman letters In an open letter to John Swinney, signed by 18 environmental and civic groups including Friends of the Earth and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, he was asked to stop the increasing level of plastic pollution in Scotland (Scotsman, 4 August). It is quite ironic that just days before, Read more
This is one of the most important updates we will do. Sadly, our application to the UK Supreme Court was refused. However, whilst disappointing, this is not the end of the road. In fact far from it. We have promised to keep fighting and that is exactly what we will Read more
Herald letters The SAS letter which was in the Scotsman and the National on Saturday is also published in the Herald today. Where is the vision to provide jobs from green energy projects? What the Berwick Bank announcement (“‘World’s largest’ wind farm gets green light from Scots ministers”, The Herald, Read more
Campaigners fighting plans for a wind farm in Sutherland have won a legal victory after Scotland’s highest civil court quashed government approval for the project. The Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled that ministers had failed to give adequate reasons for approving the Strath Oykel wind farm near Rosehall. https://news.stv.tv/highlands-islands/strath-oykel-judges-quash-green-light-for-sutherland-ring-of-steel-wind-farm-after-villagers-campaign?fbclid=IwY2xjawL8lvFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHtUO1swo8VY-uy0cGN7ZQ0ufRcPmGF9NvV8eqUcZgzWuCQtDvwCEyT15mqw-_aem_iI336abvc9TSQf1rSo9xWQ
In the Scotsman today. The SAS letter, Shot in the foot is also in The National Shot in the foot The decision in principle by the Scottish Government to grant planning permission for a completely unnecessary massive offshore wind farm (Berwick Bank) to be constructed in an environmentally sensitive location Read more