You will all remember Aileen Jackson’s Petition calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to consider a change in planning regulations to enable an increase in the current neighbour notification distance of 20 metres in relation to wind turbine planning applications. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/GettingInvolved/Petitions/turbineneighbournotification In response to the petition, Read more…
The organisation ‘Planning Democracy’ which campaigns for a fair and inclusive planning system in Scotland has launched a petition of the Government seeking the right of appeal for communities. Under current planning rules, if a mine, power station or large-scale housing scheme is rejected, the developer can appeal the decision. Read more…
Nearly 90 percent of Blackdog Households Objected to EOWDC Wind Farm Substation Blackdog, Scotland: Just over 60 households objected to the substation Vattenfall proposed to build over an old and contaminated landfill 400 feet away from their homes. As the late October decision day for the Formartine Area Committee nears, Read more…
On Tuesday 16 April the Public Petitions Committee accepted petition PE1469 by Aileen Jackson on neighbour notification distances for wind turbine applications and took evidence from Aileen and SAS Chair Graham Lang. You can read Graham Lang’s submission at: The MSPs asked probing questions which Aileen and Graham had no Read more…
Mrs Weir, the widow of well loved and iconic author and TV presenter Tom Weir, who was at the forefront of bringing the iconic Scottish Landscape and rich heritage to the mainstream media, was present at Bute House today, to hand over a petition started by Wind Wise Radio in Read more…
In the wake of his refusal to meet Mrs Rhona Weir and publicly accept the Wind Wise Radio petition at the SNP conference in Inverness last month, the First Minister subsequently offered to meet with Mrs Weir in Edinburgh. Mrs Weir has accepted the invitation and will be accompanied by Read more…