It is no surprise that wind farm objections are ignored
WE should not be surprised that the Scottish Government has been granting planning approval for large numbers of wind farms, despite nearly 10,000 letters of objection in the last five years ("10,000 object to wind farms in five years", The Herald, January 15).
WE should not be surprised that the Scottish Government has been granting planning approval for large numbers of wind farms, despite nearly 10,000 letters of objection in the last five years (\"10,000 object to wind farms in five years\", The Herald, January 15).
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Ignoring public protest on this issue is becoming the norm. The same SNP Government granted planning approval for the Beauly-Denny powerline despite having more than 21,000 letters of objection against less than 50 letters of support. One is left with the distinct impression that one letter of support from a multinational energy company has more impact on an SNP politician than 1000 letters of objection from ordinary citizens.
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It is no surprise that wind farm objections are ignored
WE should not be surprised that the Scottish Government has been granting planning approval for large numbers of wind farms, despite nearly 10,000 letters of objection in the last five years ("10,000 object to wind farms in five years", The Herald, January 15).
Ignoring public protest on this issue is becoming the norm. The same SNP Government granted planning approval for the Beauly-Denny powerline despite having more than 21,000 letters of objection against less than 50 letters of support. One is left with the distinct impression that one letter of support from a multinational energy company has more impact on an SNP politician than 1000 letters of objection from ordinary citizens.
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