Borders Joins Highland and North East Communities in Calls to Pause Renewables

Borders joins Highland and North East communities in calls to pause renewables

Communities from various corners of Scotland claim to be ignored in the renewable energy planning process

Government challenged over renewable energy planning bids

Community leaders from across the rural south have come together to fight the Scottish government’s position on renewable energy developments. They now plan to join unified appeals from the Highlands and North East for Holyrood to pause all major planning applications. More than 40 community councils and other organisations from across the Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian and South Lanarkshire packed into Jedburgh town Hall for the c…