Hi, do you happen to have or know where to find an accurate map of the extents of Blackburn & Hartsgarth farms? I couldn't immediately find one except a zoomed out one in a .pdf for shareholders or something like that.
Apart from an (expensive and slow?) search of the Scottish land register, the only way I can think of (and this isn't guaranteed, because the site is never 100% up-to-date), is to subscribe to Andy Wightman's Who Owns Scotland website: https://whoownsscotland.org.uk. You can subscribe for just one month (non renewing) for £5 and have a good look around any places of interest during that time.
You know I feel your pain. https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-planning-framework-4/pages/3/ There is a presumption that green technology ie windfarms will be approved by the consents unit, although they must contain significant biodiversity enhancements, Nature Scotland can object to proposed plans when these are not clearly in place. This is a complicated document and I am not fully appraised of it, but there are ways to object. One windfarm near us has been rejected due to the impact on Arran. Nothing mentioned on the loss of biodiversity of Kintyre (though we have already been sold to the highest bidders). I have no objection to wind turbines, I have objection to unscrupulous companies who railroad local communities whose voices are unlikely to be heard in the scramble for green dividends for city shareholders. A high proportion of the profits will head off shore. The mantra of we will provide electricity for x thousands of homes, does not include local homes. Highland council have a new policy in place I understand where every new windfarm company must pay fair community benefits, Argyll failed to do the same.
Yes, you are well informed and I’m sure, like us are paying some of the highest electricity prices in the UK despite being surrounded by renewable energy generation.
I will be looking closely at the documents uploaded to the Energy Consents Unit. I and others put in objections to the Glentarken Windfarm via it, mainly on environmental grounds. And I will do the same with this one, which I perceive to be poorly thought out and evaluated (ie. they’re jumping on the bandwagon).
Hi, do you happen to have or know where to find an accurate map of the extents of Blackburn & Hartsgarth farms? I couldn't immediately find one except a zoomed out one in a .pdf for shareholders or something like that.
Apart from an (expensive and slow?) search of the Scottish land register, the only way I can think of (and this isn't guaranteed, because the site is never 100% up-to-date), is to subscribe to Andy Wightman's Who Owns Scotland website: https://whoownsscotland.org.uk. You can subscribe for just one month (non renewing) for £5 and have a good look around any places of interest during that time.
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You know I feel your pain. https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-planning-framework-4/pages/3/ There is a presumption that green technology ie windfarms will be approved by the consents unit, although they must contain significant biodiversity enhancements, Nature Scotland can object to proposed plans when these are not clearly in place. This is a complicated document and I am not fully appraised of it, but there are ways to object. One windfarm near us has been rejected due to the impact on Arran. Nothing mentioned on the loss of biodiversity of Kintyre (though we have already been sold to the highest bidders). I have no objection to wind turbines, I have objection to unscrupulous companies who railroad local communities whose voices are unlikely to be heard in the scramble for green dividends for city shareholders. A high proportion of the profits will head off shore. The mantra of we will provide electricity for x thousands of homes, does not include local homes. Highland council have a new policy in place I understand where every new windfarm company must pay fair community benefits, Argyll failed to do the same.
Yes, you are well informed and I’m sure, like us are paying some of the highest electricity prices in the UK despite being surrounded by renewable energy generation.
I will be looking closely at the documents uploaded to the Energy Consents Unit. I and others put in objections to the Glentarken Windfarm via it, mainly on environmental grounds. And I will do the same with this one, which I perceive to be poorly thought out and evaluated (ie. they’re jumping on the bandwagon).