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Wildcat Haven has had their application to appeal to the Supreme court refused. (Follow the link below). You need to demonstrate a realistic prospect of success or another compelling reason for the Supreme Court to hear your appeal. The Supreme Court has a strict test for granting permission to appeal, Read more
Scotsman letters Expect exceptions We absolutely agree with Christopher Shaw’s letter (9 July) regarding the appalling damaged caused to hedgerows and verges by wind farm developers during road-widening operations to accommodate the transportation of wind turbines in the middle of the bird breeding season. It is about as far removed Read more
Scotsman letters I wish to protest in the strongest possible terms about the wanton destruction of hedgerows and verges along the A714 between Bargrennan and Newton Stewart. I appreciate that both South Ayrshire Council and Dumfries and Galloway Council have given planning permission for the extensions to Killgallioch and Arecleoch Read more
Week 2 of the Cumnock Chronicle’s series on wind farms around New Cumnock. CAMPAIGNERS aiming to stop the creation of more wind farms in and around the “overwhelmed” New Cumnock area have called for a line to be drawn. The New Cumnock Wind Farms group has claimed that there could Read more
GILLIAN Martin, the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, recently stated that “we are over halfway on our journey to net zero”. This claim is is wrong. Net zero is achieved by a combination of reducing emissions and then balancing the remaining emissions by the removal of an equivalent Read more
Perthshire residents are campaigning against a wind farm project which they describe as “the industrialisation of a precious mountain landscape”. The proposed Glen Lednock Wind Farm, on the Invergeldie Estate near Comrie, adjacent to Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, comprises 19 wind turbines with a blade tip height of Read more
Herald letters PHILIP Norris (Letters, July 4) wonders how many Herald readers know about the giant wind turbines installed and planned across Scotland. One could also ask how many know about the enormous battery storage, substation sites and 200-plus feet high pylons marching across Scotland that will provide the vast Read more
I found it interesting that the increase in applications was fuelled by new schemes outside The Highlands though the Highlands still account for a large proportion of Scoping Schemes. The documents are already out of date with the recent arrival of Glenskinnan S36 – APPLICATIONS 020725 S36 – SCOPING SCHEMES Read more