The video coverage of today’s Committee consideration of our Petition is attached below. The Committee agreed to take evidence from the Net Zero Minister and presumably the Planning Minister, as well as consulting local authorities in England to find out how localism works down there. The SAS Petition is […]
Can we remind everyone that our Petition to the Scottish Parliament will have its second Hearing tomorrow morning. It is fifth on the Agenda so likely to be debated around 10.30am https://www.parliament.scot/…/mee…/2022/cppps6222/agenda You can watch live on Parliament TV https://www.scottishparliament.tv/
We have just had confirmation that the next Hearing of the SAS Petition will be heard on 2 February. https://www.parliament.scot/…/pe1864-increase-the… The Committee has not requested our presence at this meeting. The agenda for the meeting will be available on the Committee’s website on Monday, 31 January. The agenda will show […]
The Civil Servants are up bright and early this morning. Scotland Against Spin received an email from the Scottish Parliament Petitions Team (at 7.30am) to confirm that all recent submissions have now been uploaded to the website. The Petitions Committee has no further meetings scheduled for this month so it […]
The PAS submission to our Petition + our response to it, is posted below Adopting English planning legislation for the determination of onshore wind farm developments PAS Submission As an impartial organisation, PAS does not comment on policy approaches to renewable energy. It may be useful for the committee […]
The SAS Petition to the Scottish Parliament https://www.parliament.scot/get-involved/petitions/view-petitions/pe1864-increase-the-ability-of-communities-to-influence-planning-decisions-for-onshore-windfarms was heard by the Petitions Committee on 1 September. They unanimously supported the Petition and agreed to consult Scottish Renewables, Planning Aid Scotland, Royal Town Planning Institute and Heads of Planning Scotland (HoPS.) To date, all but HoPS have replied and their […]
We have just been informed by the Petitions Committee that responses have been received and posted on our Petition Webpage from Scottish Renewables, Planning Aid Scotland and Royal Town Planning Institute. It appears they were received a month ago but we are only getting sight of them now. However, we […]
Good outcome for a change. His Lordship agreed that the Scottish Ministers’ decision to refuse the wind farm was lawful. It could of course be appealed to the Inner House of the Court of Session. https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/docs/default-source/cos-general-docs/pdf-docs-for-opinions/2021csoh104.pdf?sfvrsn=80901229_1