Scottish chief planner John McNairney has written to all heads of planning this week to stress that the administration has not changed its stance on onshore wind farms or energy targets – unlike the UK Government. http://www.theplanner.co.uk/news/scottish-government-continues-to-blow-warm-on-wind-power
Planning Aid Scotland is holding a series of 3 events for our volunteers, community councils, community groups, members of the public and development trusts at which we would like to hear your views on how the Scottish planning system should be reformed. These events will help inform PAS’s written submission Read more
The RSPB are asking for help to pressure the Scottish Government into refusing consent for the Strathy South windfarm proposal in the Flow Country. They have an online petition and are asking people to write to their MSPs. More information can be found on the RSPB website http://www.rspb.org.uk/whatwedo/campaigningfornature/casework/details.aspx?id=tcm:9-356709
PAS would like to invite you to their Parliamentary Reception on Thursday 26 November 2015. To be held in the Garden Lobby of The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, from 6 -8pm. The theme for the evening is Inclusive places: Creating a fairer Scotland The reception is kindly sponsored by Stuart McMillan Read more
The Review aims to achieve, a quicker, more accessible and efficient planning process in order to build investor and community confidence in the system. The review will focus on 6 key issues. Development planning; Housing delivery; Planning for infrastructure; Further improvements to development management; Leadership, resourcing and skills; and Community Read more
Closure of Renewables Obligation on 31 March 2016 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldhansrd/lhan53.pdf
This consultation proposes a set of measures to control costs under the Feed-in Tariff, including revised tariffs based on updated technology cost data, a more stringent degression mechanism and deployment caps leading to the phased closure of the scheme in 2018-19. https://econsultation.decc.gov.uk/office-for-renewable-energy-deployment-ored/fit-review-2015
On 1 August 2011 Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Limited applied for consent under s.36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for the construction and operation of an electricity generating station and wind turbine / tower and turbine testing project called the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, to be located in Aberdeen Read more