Yesterday, we received notification that there had been new submissions to our Petition. https://www.parliament.scot/…/pe1864-increase-the… You will remember that the Planning Minister gave evidence to the Committee before Summer recess and said that the Scottish Gov had no authority to increase or abolish the 50MW threshold for renewable energy developments to […]
The SAS Petition was heard for the fourth time this morning. The Committee seemed to have read and understood the concerns raised in our last submission and have agreed to obtain more evidence from both the Planning and Energy Ministers as well as consulting with Planning Aid Scotland (PAS) and […]
We’ve just been informed that the SAS petition will be heard by the Petitions Committee again on 29 June. The Clerks tell us that the Scottish Government will liaise with the UK Government directly over the issue of whether or not they would be willing to amend the Electricity Act […]
The SAS petition was heard for the third time by the Scottish Parliament Petitions Committee this morning. As it was also being debated at the same time as another wind farm petition to make shared ownership mandatory, our fear was that this would muddy the waters and unfortunately that is […]
The Agenda for the next Hearing of the SAS Petition is now available on the Scottish Parliament website. https://www.parliament.scot/…/2022/cppps62211/agenda We were told that only the Planning Minister, Tom Arthur MSP would be giving evidence but apparently Andy Kinnaird, Head of Transforming Planning, and Neal Rafferty, Senior Adviser, Heat in Buildings […]
We mentioned a few days ago that the SAS petition to the Scottish Parliament will be discussed for the third time at the next meeting of the Committee on 15 June and will be streamed live. The Planning Minister, Tom Arthur has been invited to attend to answer questions from […]
Just to let you all know that our Petition to the Scottish Parliament will have its third Hearing by the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee at its meeting on 15 June 2022. The committee will be taking evidence from the Minister for Finance, Planning and Community Wealth. SAS has […]
Hold a referendum on whether to keep the 2050 net zero target https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/599602