September 1, 2026

The Forsinain Forest Wind Farm is an 86 megawatt scheme proposed for land three kilometres north of Forsinard and 16 kilometres south of Melvich. The company behind the plans says that the site “sits predominantly within non-native commercial forestry and fully outwith the Flow Country Unesco World Heritage Site”. It Read more

On behalf of SAS, I wrote recently to the Scottish Government’s PARD (Planning Architecure and Regeneration Directorate), which includes Scotland’s Chief Planner, about the ability of local authorities to unilaterally change planning conditions or not enforce a breach of a planning condition – which as we know are imposed on Read more