Wild Land News no 67, Autumn 2006

Update on Beauly - Denny Power Line Article

Anne Macintyre reports

In the last edition of WLN we reported that the Scottish Executive had received over 17,000 objections to the Beauly to Denny powerline proposals. It is therefore no surprise to hear that it has now been announced that a public local inquiry will be held and a series of pre-inquiry meetings are to be held as follows:

3 October - Aviemore Centre at 2pm
25 October - Drumossie Hotel, Inverness at 2pm
27 October - Perth Concert Hall at 2pm
31 October - Albert Halls, Stirling at 2pm

The purpose of these meetings is to identify the parties who wish to take part in the inquiry and will discuss (amongst other things) the different forms of participation, the scope of evidence, the opportunity for parties to group together, the order of appearances, the likely duration, start dates and venues.

Anyone wishing to take part is asked to contact Scott Mackenzie at the Scottish Executive, Inquiry Reporters Unit, 4 The Courtyard, Callendar Business Park, Callendar Road, Falkirk FK1 1XR. Tel: 01324 696 462 or email scott.mackenzie@scotland.gsi.gov.uk