This appeal is being re-posted because of a poor response.
Let’s be clear about the purpose of the survey:
Strathdearn Community Council’s job is to represent the views of the community, whatever they may be. A similar survey last year about six proposed wind farms provoked a huge response – 180 replies, mostly negative. SCC then compiled your views into a report which was presented to the Scottish Government’s planning department, reflecting our community’s deep concern about the cumulative effects of so many wind farms. The sheer number of survey replies leaves no doubt that the report fairly represents the community’s views, and surely gives it more weight with the decion makers.
Since then SCC has received two more wind farm applications so they again seek our views. The pressure from the developers is relentless and so must our response be. Our unpaid councillors put a lot of time and effort into doing their best for us. The least we can do is help them to help us. Please fill in the survey, it only takes a couple of minutes.
In 2025 Strathdearn Community Council gathered the residents’ views on the six proposed wind farms in Strathdearn at that time —Balnespick, Clune, Lynemore, Highland, Kyllachy, and Carn na Saobhaidh—which are at various stages of planning. Local support in completing that survey was fantastic and was very useful in allowing us to compile the feelings of the community on many of the aspects. These have been submitted to the Energy Consents Unit (ECU) in Scottish Government and we await feedback on those detailed submissions made on your behalf.
We now have had two further applications namely Glenkirk and Glen Markie to consider and we as a community council felt it was essential that we gather the community feedback on these new proposals so that we can continue to feedback to the ECU the community comments
We appreciate this is another survey but feel this is justified at this time as time is very short to comment on these on your behalf. We would point out that you are fully entitled to comment directly to the ECU on these and any applications on a personal basis
Full information on all wind farm proposals can be found on this website’s Wind Farms Information Page (click on links to individual developers’ own websites). A summary prepared by our own Wind Farm advisory group can be downloaded in PDF format HERE.
