Our Petition has been live for 4 years during which time there has been a change in policy south of the border. For new members it will be difficult to follow all the ups and downs and twists and turns due to the huge number of documents on the Petition’s […]
OK folks we’re on! Our Petition to the Scottish Parliament (Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore wind farms) will be heard for the tenth and hopefully the last time on 10 September. We will be writing a further submission and will notify you nearer the […]
A campaign group opposing proposals to build a 20-turbine wind farm near one of Easter Ross’ most iconic landmarks is appealing for signatures on a petition to stop the development. Renewable energy company RWE revealed proposals for a “commercial scale wind farm” at Ceislein last August with the 250-metre tall […]
PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms This Petition has now been live for four years during which time there has been a change in English planning policy. That is irrelevant; the aim of this Petition is to increase the ability of communities to […]
Our thanks to both Brian Whittle MSP and Douglas Lumsden MSP for turning up at the Petitions Committee meeting today to give us support. The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government once again on our behalf. It didn’t sound to us like the Committee had had time to […]
The Petitions Committee meeting tomorrow morning will start at 9.30 am. Our petition is second on the agenda but as the first petition is taking evidence from Nature Scot it may take a while. The papers for the meeting can be found here It gives details of the petition history […]
As you know our Petition is due to be heard again by the Petitions Committee at Holyrood on 13 November. Due to the recent publication of the Consultation on Electricity Infrastructure Consenting in Scotland we have been allowed the chance to make a late submission to the Committee in order […]
We’ve just been notified that the Petititions Committee will discuss our Petition for the ninth time on 13 November. I’ll remind everyone the day before in case you want to watch it live. We have only been given till Friday in which to make a further written submission which is […]