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News just in that Muirhall are pursuing a Judicial Review of a decision of Scottish Ministers, dated 14 May 2026 to refuse to postpone the oral hearing sessions or sist the public local inquiry into the application under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 and deemed planning permission under Read more
Residents of the north west Highlands fear road closures needed for a wind farm development will force them to make “arduous” detours which will double journey times. Roadworks to enable construction traffic to access the Sallachy site beside Loch Shin https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/highland-drivers-face-doubled-journey-times-during-wind-farm-work-road-closure-8660680?fbclid=IwY2xjawSSArhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEew8G9SGvYib2Oyq9nQOm2viRAOZdvQDo7-zDIK8pHgc6dpUFK7bb9XYv47aI_aem_YhOtuC6gCeWQfXeWov2cVA
DIVISIVE plans for a huge battery energy storage facility in Inverclyde have split opinion among councillors – who ultimately voted narrowly to object to the plan. Members of Inverclyde Council’s planning board were asked for their view on a proposed battery energy storage system (BESS) near Loganwood House, at High Read more
Whether in Auchtertool, Longformacus or over swathes of other parts of central and south Scotland, the reasons for the current proliferation of proposals for hyperscale data centres need to be urgently reviewed and explained to the public. Treated by the Scottish government as developments of national importance, yet not specifically Read more
It was announced at the beginning of the meeting that Trudi Craggs is now Chief Reporter along with Scott Ferrie, with Robert Seaton taking over Trudi’s position as Assistant Chief Reporter Over the past year DPEA has seen a 77% overall increase in cases referred to them. There has Read more
A bid for a new Berwickshire windfarm amounts to ‘cultural vandalism’ against three Iron Age hillforts, councillors have determined. Members of the council’s Planning and Building Standards Committee have agreed to formally object to the Energy Consents Unit over a plan for a windfarm at Longcroft Farmhouse in Oxton comprising Read more
CAMPAIGNERS in the Borders have welcomed a decision to object to repowering a windfarm which would incorporate some turbines the height of 46 double decker buses stacked on top of each other. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/plan-repower-windfarm-turbines-high-182959373.html
A legal challenge is being made to the Scottish government’s refusal of a wind farm that developers said would have represented a £1bn investment. CWP Energy wants to build 60 turbines up to 250m (820ft) tall at Scoop Hill, a few miles south east of Moffat. Following a public inquiry, Read more