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News just received that the next Hearing of our Petition to the Scottish Parliament will take place on 21 February 2024. We’ll post the link to watch the live discussion nearer the time. Please sign if you haven’t already done so.  https://www.parliament.scot/get-involved/petitions/view-petitions/pe1864-increase-the-ability-of-communities-to-influence-planning-decisions-for-onshore-windfarms?fbclid=IwAR0L6GdzqZnoo6M6cYd9Cc5wNWI3kNBQfbUeHJT6ZHSkB263TQhEha4cneM

  Petition PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms The Scotland Against Spin Public Petition will receive its seventh Hearing at the Scottish Parliament  when MSPs return from Summer recess at the beginning of September. Thank you to all the Groups, Community Councils, Councillors, […]

Last week we posted an update on our Petition to the Scottish Parliament along with our latest submission in response to the Planning Minister. Since then, due to evidence being received from one of our members of disgraceful behaviour from an Applicant’s legal team directed at his own community group […]

  Hopefully we are nearing the end of a very long journey for our Petition which started in March 2021.  It was supported by the Scottish Parliament Petitions’ Committee, many MSPs, Councillors, Community Councils and individuals from around the country and has survived five Hearings, numerous consultations with two Chief […]

The Scottish Parliament Petitions Committee discussed our Petition again this morning and took evidence from Brian Whittle MSP who kindly attended in person to give us support. We are very grateful to him. The Petition will be continued as the Committee was not happy with the response from our new […]

We have been informed that our Petition to the Scottish Parliament will be heard for the fifth time on 31 May. You may wish to watch the meeting online at Parliament TV. We will remind you nearer the time. The agenda for the meeting will be available on the Committee’s […]

Our Petition to the Scottish Parliament was heard by the Committee for the fourth time in January 2023.  Having considered all the evidence, Members of the Committee voted to support our Petition and wrote to the Scottish Government with their recommendations.  A reply was received from the Scottish Government on […]

We received a reply from the Scottish Government to our Petition to the Scottish Parliament today to which we will be making a response. They have agreed to undertake work “to explore the benefits and disadvantages of altering the 50MW threshold, and explore the scope for planning authorities to determine […]