SWLG RESPONSES
On this page you can find a selection of written responses that SWLG has made to consultations, developments etc. Please feel free to contact us (admin@swlg.org.uk) if you would like any more information on any of these or would like us to respond to/act on other issues not mentioned here.
January 2010 - SWLG respond to the Beauly Denny decision
January 2010 - Lasting legacy of power line decision - letter to The Scotsman with The Beauly Denny Landscape Group
March 2009 - Objection to SSE application for a windfarm on the Pairc Estate, south east Lewis
February 2009 - Letter to The Herald calling for a national strategy for protecting wild land (published 1 February)
April 2006 - SWLG Response to “Enhancing our care of Scotland’s Landscapes”
March 2006 - SWLG Response to Cairngorms National Park Draft Local Plan
February 2006 - Proposed Reay Forest Hydroelectric Scheme, Kylesku, Sutherland
March 2004 - Forestry Commission Scotland vision consultation
April 2001 - Scottish Parliament Land Reform Bill
February 2001 - Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Consultation
January 2010 - SWLG responds to the Beauly Denny decision.
SWLG draft a response to the incredibly disappointing decision by the Scottish Government to give the go-ahead to the Beauly-Denny powerline upgrade. You can read our response in full here. Please get in touch with us if you have any comments or would like more information about where the Beauly-Denny plans will go from here.
January 2010 - SWLG writes to The Scotsman (with other members of The Beauly Denny Landscape Group), calling for the Planning Inquiry to be reopened
Beauly Denny Landscape Group members write to The Scotsman to express their dismay at the decision to give the go-ahead to the Beauly Denny power line upgrade. Beauly Denny is yesterday’s solution to tomorrow’s problem. As marine renewables become a more significant power source in the north, sub sea cables will become the preferred means of meeting demand in the south.
Read the full letter here.
March 2009 - SSE application for a windfarm on the Pairc estate (SE Lewis) - Letter to Energy Consents department
Graeme Cornwallis writes to the Scottish Government Energy Consents Department to object to the revised (2009) application by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) for a 26 turbine, 94MW windfarm on the Pairc estate in the south-east of the island of Lewis.
Read the letter here.
February 2009 - Letter to The Herald about proposal for a windfarm on the Parc estate, south east Lewis (published 1 February)
SWLG write to the Herald (published 1 February) to call for a national strategy to protect Scotland’s wild areas, with the recognition of the critical role of small-scale, localised energy development and the importance of locating large-scale developments in previously degraded landscape areas.
Read the letter here.
April 2006 - SWLG Response to “Enhancing our care of Scotland’s Landscapes”
The Scottish Executive Rural Group ran a public consultation into the future of National Scenic Areas in Scotland.
Read our response here.
March 2006 - SWLG Response to Cairngorms National Park Draft Local Plan
In 2006 the Cairngorms National Park Authority developed a Local Plan.
Read our response here.
February 2006 - Proposed Reay Forest Hydroelectric Scheme, Kylesku, Sutherland
RWE Npower plc and Grosvenor Estate proposed to develop an 8MW hydroelectric generation scheme in the Reay Forest area of Sutherland, near Kylesku.
Read our response here.
In summary:
In general we do not support such small scale hydro schemes in wild land, due to the landscape and ecological impacts being relatively significant compared to the very small output generated by the scheme - 8 MW.
Should this proposal develop into a formal application in broadly the current terms, we would be looking to object to it.
March 2004 - Forestry Commission Scotland vision consultation
Read SWLG’s response here.
February 2004 - SNH “Scotland’s Future Landscapes?” consultation
Read our response here.
May 2002 - Wester Ross NSA Draft Management Strategy
The Wester Ross NSA is one of 40 in Scotland designed for its scenic beauty. A pilot project ran to describe the landscape of Wester Ross and prepare a management strategy to protect and enhance it.
A draft strategy was issued for consultation with responses to be returned by mid July 2002. T
Read SWLG’s response to this document.
April 2001 - Scottish Parliament Land Reform Bill
Read our response here.
You can also read the response from the Scottish Environment LINK here.
February 2001 - Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Consultation
Read our response here.
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