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We are a group of residents from West Lothian and South Lanarkshire who are concerned about the growing number of wind farms in these areas, and the effect they are having on people, wildlife, our landscape and environment, and our livliehoods. We are also deeply concerned that our famous Scottish landscapes, which support 1 in 10 jobs through tourism, are being destroyed. Please join us in voicing your concern.
If you have been fooled by the prospect of community grants into trading our beautiful countryside for overly expensive, unreliable electricity and a promise of a community grant for a new swing park for the kids, please see the various accounts of those who have been driven from their homes by the industrialization of the landscape and the menace it causes.
Fauch Hill is situated close to Harperrig Reservoir and is on the edge of the Pentland Hills. It is one of the evil twins destined to ruin the incredible scenery in both the Pentlands and the area surrounding Loch Ness, via the Druim Ba development. The developers EFRG, who are London based, helpfully provide a single-page site with only their email address, but further info can be found here. The 'Druim Ba - Say No' site can be found here.
It is imperative that if you wish to object you do so now, or your chance to do so will be gone! Even the simplest letter is better than doing nothing. In your submission please identify the proposal and specify the grounds for representation, NOT LATER THAN 31st MARCH 2012.
By email:
The Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit mailbox at: representations@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
By post:
The Scottish Government
Energy Consents Unit
4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay
150 Broomielaw
Glasgow G2 8LU
An extension to Muirhall Wind Farm was advertised on Wednesday, 29th February. This means that representations must be received by Wednesday, 28th March.
Muirhall is the 6-turbine development around Lawhead, on Stallashaw Moss, approximately 1-mile from Tarbrax, and highly visible from the A70 and Tarbrax village, not to mention the closer settlement of Polkelly and the already badly afflicted Woolfords and Auchengray.
Application Reference: CL/12/0074
Representations should be sent to by post to:
South Lanarkshire Council,
Montrose House,
154 Montrose Crescent,
Hamilton ML3 6LB
or to
South Lanarkshire Council,
Council Offices,
South Vennel
Lanark ML11 7JT
If you intend to submit your representation by e-mail:
mailto:planning@southlanarkshire.gov.uk
Representations have to be received by Wednesday 28th March, 2012, if sending by post and by 23-59 pm. on the same day, if sending by e-mail. The Environmental Statement (ES.) can be viewed at the Council Offices, Lanark. Also, at Tarbrax Hall? (not confirmed yet.) It is also posted on the Council's Web Site: http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk
All submissions to the Harburnhead Windfarm application were closed on 10th February 2012.
Pearie Law application is planned within weeks.
Where planning applications have not yet been made there is no need to submit a representation until this happens. Please check back here or request to be added to our mailing list for further updates.
Below are listed four proposals for wind farms local to us in the north Pentlands area, located along the A70 (the Lang Whang), which is the main road between Edinburgh and Lanark. Further information about each site can be found by clicking on the title.
These are not the only proposed developments in the area - many existing wind farms have applied for extensions, and others are in the pipeline.
If you wish to object to any of these proposals details of who to write to are given below.
| Harrows Law Wind Farm Dunsyre |
Harburnhead Wind Farm | Fauch Hill Wind Farm | Pearie Law Wind Farm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application No. CL/10/0095 | Not made available by Scottish Government - use descriptive info when corresponding | Not yet available - please check back regularly for more info | Not yet available - please check back regularly for more info |
| Scoping Opinion | Scoping Opinion | Scoping Opinion | |
| Applications now closed - application number link for more info | Currently at APPLICATION stage - CLOSES 10TH FEBRUARY 2012. Any representations to the application should be made by email to The Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit mailbox at: representations@scotland.gsi.gov.uk or by post to The Scottish Government, Energy Consents Unit, 4th Floor, 5 Atlantic Quay, 150 Broomielaw, Glasgow G2 8LU, identifying the proposal and specifying the grounds for representation, not later than 10th February 2012. | Currently at scoping stage |