The SAS Blimp Flying High

If anyone would like to hire the SAS Blimp, please contact our Chairman, Graham Lang. Julie Swallow has just posted this on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/groups/281302381898831/?ref=bookmarks The blimp flying high for the Councillors’ site visit today.  Here’s hoping it had the right impact.  It was seen for miles around.    

By SAS Volunteer, ago

Update on Whitelee 3 Inquiry

It is a year this month since the epic Inquiry where Dr Rachel Connor was cross examined for five hours on the contamination of private and public water supplies surrounding the Whitelee site and the Reporters have still not finished writing their Report.   With new Ministers still finding their Read more

By SAS Volunteer, ago

Environmental Law in Scotland An Introduction and Guide

Focuses on the most important aspects of the substantive law relating to Scotland This pathfinding textbook concentrates the regulation of pollution in Scotland, including the common law controls. It includes sections on nuisance (including statutory nuisance), noise, air pollution (including climate change), waste, contaminated land and water pollution, planning and Read more

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DPEA Stakeholder Meeting

Linda Holt and Graham Lang will be attending another stakeholder meeting on Wednesday 8 June.  Attached is the Agenda and a note of the last meeting.  If you have matters which you wish Graham and Linda to raise under “any other business”, please let them know as soon as possible. Read more

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Planning Review Report – Planning Democracy

Most of you have probably seen the Scottish Government Planning Review report http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Built-Environment/planning/Review-of-Planning and came across Planning Democracy’s concerns over the recommendations in the following Press Release: The Planning Review has listed some important measures that may help to address the inequities of our planning system, however it does not go Read more

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Wildlife and turbines symposium

A Good Practice Guide Workshop is being organised by the Scottish Windfarm Bird Steering Group on 22nd June 2016 at the Battleby Conference Centre, Perth. The workshop is an important event for the Group and will include discussions on the development of Good Practice Guide for the industry; monitoring birds Read more

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