As we were expecting, due to the upcoming election, all of the energy related petitions were closed today. Please do listen to all the discussions. Petitioners were advised to update/resubmit petitions if no further progress is made. From our own point of view, the Scottish Government has agreed to consult […]
The Petitions Committee meet again on 11 February at 9.30am and this time they will discuss all the energy related petitions individually. Ours is first on the Agenda. The Committee will consider the following continued petitions— PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms; PE1885: […]
Our latest submission to the Petitions Committee has now been posted on the Parliament’s webpage Finlay Carson MSP has also just made another written submission which we thought you might want to read. Hands off our Hills and Galloway Without Pylons are also mentioned in Finlay’s submission. We have been […]
Thanks to everyone who turned up at the Petitions Committee Hearing today at such an ungodly hour. It was great to see Oliver Mundell MSP managed to persuade the Committee to allow him to speak! He was a star and spoke with everyone outside for a while about his decision […]
An update from the Citizen Participation & Public Petitions Team about our Petition to the Scottish Parliament. Four and a half long years we have waited for this! It sounds like the Session with the Cabinet Secretary (Gillian Martin) will also include the Save Our Mearns Petition and possibly another […]
Campaign group Scotland Against Spin says it has “moved up a gear” in its bid to help communities – including those in Caithness and Sutherland – that feel overwhelmed by large-scale energy projects. The group’s petition, calling for communities to have stronger powers to influence planning decisions relating to onshore […]
A quick summary of what happened at the petition committee meeting today. The committee unanimously agreed to call the Climate Action and Energy Minister (Gillian Martin) for questioning by the committee and others. The Convenor thinks this will be a very long session. Having spoken with MSPs after the meeting […]
Dear MSP The Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee will meet on 10th September at 9.30am to discuss the Scotland Against Spin Petition, PE1864 Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms | Scottish Parliament Website and we are writing to ask for your support. […]