News Elsewhere contains mainly articles we have permission to republish from Views of Scotland and Country Guardian. You can learn more about these organisations by visiting: http://www.countryguardian.net/ and http://www.viewsofscotland.org/. Occasionally we will also post news from elsewhere on the web.
The Scottish Government is being asked to step in for a fourth time over plans for a windfarm in the Glenkens. Energiekontor UK has been keen to develop a site at Cornharrow near Dalry for several years and already has planning permission for seven turbines. Now it wants the maximum Read more
You’ll remember SAS posted this article last week? The Conservative Woman publication picked up on it from our website. Some great comments on the article already. Please add yours! “A N Other (pseudonym) is a friend of Scotland Against Spin , an independent alliance campaigning for the reform of the Read more
Payments for potential future impact on radar refused Wind farm developers have hailed as a “massive step forward” Scottish Government-owned Prestwick Airport being blocked by Scottish ministers from claiming compensation for the potential future impact of new turbines such as interference with radar. https://www.pressreader.com/…/20230902/281681144450426
Missing out on renewables jobs YOUR recent article “Renewables industry warns that new ‘super pylons’ are crucial” (The Herald, August 24) contains the statement from Scottish Renewables that “we must build more power lines, pylons and substations”. By use of the word “we” it is reasonable to presume that Read more
Yesterday we received the devastating news that Sanquhar2 windfarm had been consented. Apart from awarding consent, there are no planning conditions or mitigation at all to monitor construction effects on the hydrological environment such as groundwater – which is essential for both public and private water supplies. (Sanquhar 2 turbines Read more
In Associated Provincial Picture Houses v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223, the Court of Appeal (in England) held that where a decisionmaker had made a decision that was completely absurd, a decision so unreasonable that no reasonable authority could possibly have made it, then the decision may be overturned. Read more
REFUSAL OF THE APPLICATION FOR CONSENT UNDER SECTION 36 OF THE ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 AND DEEMED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER SECTION 57(2) OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF CLAUCHRIE WIND FARM IN THE SOUTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL PLANNING AREA (WITH ACCESS IN Read more
Wind farm development situated in both Dumfries and Galloway and East Ayrshire approximately 6.5 km west of Sanquhar 4 km south of Kelloholm and 14 km northwest of Thornhill. 21 March 2019 application submitted to construct and operate 50 turbines, 48 of which having a maximum blade to tip height Read more