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Anyone wishing to watch Dr Rachel Connor’s Tribunal Hearing this morning starting at 10am, should advise the Hearing beforehand by emailing GRC@justice.gov.uk and advising you will be joining the Hearing. EA/2020/0009 Rachel Connor and Low Carbon Contracts Company Ltd vs Information Commissioner and Sneddon Law Community Wind Company Limited Having Read more
Home heating systems shutting down. Hospitals facing water shortages. Oil refineries going offline. The freezing, snowy weather in Texas exposed how quickly an energy system can be brought down and how widespread the chaos can be. That raises questions about the vulnerability of power grids around the world just as Read more
On Monday 22nd and 23rd February , SAS team member, Dr Rachel Connor and her counsel will be pitted in an information Tribunal Hearing. against the might of three London legal teams and their barristers. (Representing the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) and Sneddon Read more
Jonathan Brocklebank I received notification the other day of a neighbour’s plans to convert an outbuilding on his property into habitable accommodation. Should I wish to object I have 28 days to do so but, says the notice, if my challenge falls on deaf ears, I have no right of Read more
The man who won the high court battle over one of the world’s biggest planned wind farms has said he will continue his fight. Raymond Pearce has halted the progress of Swedish energy giant Vattenfall’s Norfolk Vanguard wind farm after bringing before the court evidence that the planning processes currently in place were not adequate. Although consent Read more
Banks Renewables have applied to South Lanarkshire Council with a scoping opinion request as it seeks to create Bodinglee Wind Farm near Biggar by erecting 62 turbines with tip heights of 200-250 metres. If the development goes ahead it will become the third largest on-shore wind farm in the UK, Read more
Plans have been submitted for a 15-turbine wind farm in Sutherland following a number of design changes. Renewable energy company RES is seeking consent from the Scottish Government for its Kintradwell Wind Farm about five miles north of Brora. The firm originally planned 22 turbines but scaled it back in Read more
Exciting news for us this morning. The long awaited Guidance On Taking Part In Planning Appeals and Other Cases has been published today. SAS Chairman, Graham Lang said: Scotland Against Spin team member, Dr Rachel Connor campaigned for this Guidance through the DPEA Stakeholders’ Forum of which SAS is a Read more