Glenouther REP, 12 turbines, (a redesign of Harelaw REP, 39 turbines which was Refused by Scottish Ministers in September 2013) was refused by East Ayrshire Council in May 2016. The decision was appealed to the DPEA in August 2016 and was dismissed by the Reporter, Andrew Sikes in May 2017. Read more
Community councils and campaigners have said the deadline for consultation on a major pylon line to run from the Highlands is “undemocratic”, as they call for a public inquiry. A Scottish Government consultation has been launched on Scottish and Southern Electricity Network’s (SSEN) application for permission to build a major Read more
On the 18th December we will be taking East Renfrewshire Council to Judicial Review in the court of session in an attempt to overturn the controversial BESS planning application in Eaglesham. A previous planning application for this site had been rejected 4:2 and was subsequently upheld by the Scottish reporter Read more
Scotsman letters Of all the catastrophically stupid decisions ever made by UK politicians, the decision by Labour/snp to shut down our own oil and gas industry decades prematurely must rank near the top. It now appears we are already importing oil and gas – which, if we were to believe Read more
Vattenfall has greenlit the Clashindarroch II onshore wind farm, located next to its existing Clashindarroch farm near Huntly, Aberdeenshire. The planned 14 wind turbines will generate up to 63 MW of renewable electricity, enough to power around 61,000 homes per year. The preparatory works for Clashindarroch II will begin in Read more
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Depressing reading. https://brodies.com/insights/planning-environment-and-climate/battery-energy-storage-in-scotland-consenting-trends/
We are increasingly in a mess of our own making, and it’s down to nothing other than quasi-religious dogma. We aren’t listening to the engineers. We aren’t “following the science”. We are making everything worse. https://cliscep.com/2025/09/03/power-failure/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMk2GJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHj44gazhQa8VlKkBBF0eDlbikM7X_7hzJGagVu8uMKupxlXg5VHVFVYiAjO0_aem_yr-SWHd7zw4L1LZ6W_W3Xg