SAS has commented on the launch of consultation on SNH’s revised guidance on windfarm visualisation*. We haven’t see the new draft guidance yet but expect to make a detailed contribution. In the meantime the bible on this subject – and Read more
Hats off to Aileen Jackson, indefatigable anti-turbine campaigner whose lengthy battle against a neighbour’s noisy turbine in East Renfrewshire has just made legal history – and resulted in the turbine’s removal! Her Counsel, John Campbell QC, has just published this Read more
For the last ten years anti-wind farm campaigners have been attending the annual All-Energy conference in Aberdeen for an invaluable insight into the wind industry’s aspirations for Scotland. We’ve seen enormous change from an event dominated by onshore wind to Read more
When confronted by complaints about wind farms, the Scottish Government notoriously insists that only the right wind farms in the right places are consented. One way of testing whether the planning system really delivers this outcome is to compare the Read more
Anti-windfarm campaigners have warned the Scottish Government’s new turbine conservation zones may leave parts of central Scotland, Tayside and Fife at the heart of a feeding frenzy. Scotland Against Spin fears that the region’s unprotected status may see some of Read more
The decision by Fife Council’s Planning Department to recommend approval for three 67 m turbines beside Kingsmuir airfield has caused shock and alarm among East Neuk residents, pilots and anti-wind farm campaigners. They have warned Councillors that approving the windfarm Read more
SAS is delighted to have been given a stand at the RSPB Bird Fair at Hopetoun House Edinburgh where we will show visitors why turbines and birds don’t mix and suggest they put some pressure on the RSPB board to Read more
Today has seen Planning Minister Derek McKay launch the draft Scottish Planning Policy for “a further round of public consultation”. This was accompanied by a press release which appeared to promise a revamp of planning policy which would give much Read more