Objections to the following developments can be made through our online forms - please click the links and complete the form to place your objection.

We understand that late objections will continue to be considered but late objectors may not be invited to attend the hearing, so even if you have missed the deadline for objecting to earlier applications, it is still worth doing. Do not give up!

If you want to download the form and post it you will require the FREE Adobe Acrobat Reader - if you do not already have it you can download it from here.

You may also wish to send a copy of your objection to your local Councillor(s). If you have used the online form you will receive an email copy of your objection immediately and we suggest you forward this.

Photomontage by Stuart Young Visualisations - Click image for larger version.
Cnocan Buidhe, Camster, Lybster An additional application by E.ON UK Renewables Limited amending the access route to the proposed 25 turbine windfarm at Cnocan Buidhe, Camster, Lybster has been advertised. You can object to this windfarm here. . . . . . . . . .

Baillie Wind Farm from the A836 at Drumholliston.
Photomontage by Stuart Young Visualisations - Click image for larger version.

Baillie Windfarm, Bardnaheigh Farm, Westfield, Thurso

On Tuesday 15th January 2008, Highland Council decided to oppose Baillie Windfarm. There will probably be a Public Local Inquiry now.

This decision was more important than it seemed since only a week earlier the Scottish Government launched the "National Planning Framework 2" consultation document on planning issues for the next 30 years, across all fields. The Energy section sets out proposals to upgrade the power transmission system from Lewis to Ullapool, Shetland to Orkney to Dounreay to Beauly, around the East Coast and on to England. All to harness "renewable energy", and designated as "national developments".

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Planning/Consultations
Pages 66-70, and 86 refer

If Baillie Windfarm had not been opposed by the Council, it would have lent credence to the Government's bankrupt energy policy. As it is, it places a small impediment in its way, and buys a little time for the growing numbers of very concerned people to make their voices heard.

If you have not yet objected to Baillie Windfarm, it is not too late to do so, it will still be counted.

You can still object here

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Bettyhill Windfarm from the Scenic Viewpoint on the A836 just east of Bettyhill. Only two turbines proposed at present, but if this environmental vandalism is allowed now, who knows where it could lead in the future.
Photomontage by Stuart Young Visualisations - Click image for larger version.

Bettyhill Windfarm

An application by North British Windpower Ltd. for a 2 turbine windfarm at Skelpick Estate, Bettyhill, Sutherland has been advertised.

You can still object here

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Buolfruich Windfarm near Dunbeath, taken from the Smerral Road end on the A9.
Nothing could be worse than this. Or could it? Photograph by Stuart Young Visualisations

Dunbeath Wind Farm added - this is much worse!
Photomontage by Stuart Young Visualisations

The proposed turbines appear smaller because they will average 9 km away whereas the existing ones average only 3 km away. They are in fact considerably larger, being 125m high compared with the present ones of only 68m.
Causeymire turbines are just under 100m high.
(Click image for closeup of Dunbeath turbines)

Dunbeath Windfarm

An application by Dunbeath Wind Energy Limited for a 22 turbine windfarm
at Dunbeath, Caithness, has been advertised.

You can still object here

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Panoramic view from the picnic area at the east end of Loch Watten Click for Left End > Click for Centre > Click for Right End Click for Whole Picture Photomontages by Stuart Young Visualisations
Bower Quarry, Watten, Wick An amended application by John Gunn and Sons Ltd for the erection of a wind turbine at Bower Quarry has been registered. You can still object here. . . . . . . . . .

Looking south to Ben Griam Beg - Photo: Ben MacGregor
Strathy South, Sutherland The application by SSE Generation Ltd. for the construction of a 77-turbine windfarm at Strathy South, Sutherland, has been registered. You can still object here. . . . . . . . . .

Stroupster Windfarm from Castle Sinclair Girnigoe. Photomontage by Stuart Young Visualisations
Hill of Stroupster, Auckengill, Wick The application by nPower Renewables for the construction of a 12-turbine windfarm at Hill of Stroupster, Auckengill, Wick was re-advertised in June. You can still object here. . . . . . . . . .

Developers viewpoint V5 on the A99 at East Clyth. Photomontage: Stuart Young Visualisations This is taken from the Environmental Statement Viewpoint 5. The image in the ES shows indistinct turbines. Imagine looking towards the Causewaymire Windfarm from Mybster Crossroads. Then imagine that the turbines are 17 metres taller overall and the sweep of the blades is 12 metres wider. Then imagine putting them between 60 and 120 metres higher up on a hillside above you.
The Burn of Whilk, East Clyth (Yarrows) The application by nPower Renewables for the construction of a 13-turbine windfarm at Burn of Whilk, East Clyth (Yarrows) was re advertised in June. You can still object here. . . . . . . . . .
For further information on Yarrows see Campaign to Save the Yarrows Skyline

Turbines viewed from the A9 at Spittal - Photomontage by Stuart Young Visualisations
Spittal Hill Windfarm An application by Spittal Hill Windfarm Ltd. for the construction of a 30 turbine windfarm at Spittal Hill was advertised in May 2007. You can still object here - Spittal Windfarm Opposition Group

Strathy Forest - Photo: Ben MacGregor

Strathy North

An application by Scottish and Southern Energy for the construction of a 35 turbine windfarm at Strathy North was advertised in January 2007.

You can still object here.

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