GLARE - Galloway Landscape And Renewable Energy - was launched in November 2004 by a group of concerned Galloway residents in reaction to the proliferation of proposals & planning applications to build enormous wind farms (power stations) in Dumfries and Galloway and all over Scotland. [ read more ]
For the past three years, GLARE has been campaigning to STOP The Blackcraig Wind Farm near Balmaclellan on the edge of the Glenkens [ read more ]
GLARE is deeply concerned about the cumulative & adverse impacts that 1 consented (Wether Hill) and 3 proposed (Blackcraig, Margree & Darngarroch) wind power stations totalling 211 megawatts within 10 miles of each other, would have on the environment and landscape of the Glenkens. [ read more ]
GLARE argues for a more balanced approach to renewable electricity generation and is therefore opposed to Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) 6, a misguided policy draft that would in its present form, give the green light to hundreds more wind power station proposals through its preferential promotion of onshore wind. [ read more ]
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GLARE is working with the Carlyle Craigenputtock Circle, a group set up to draw attention nationally to the only privately owned home of Thomas (and Jane) Carlyle, a Scottish philosopher and writer from the 19th Century. This home is now under threat from 3 wind power stations which would directly overlook and damage the original character of an 18th century farmhouse situated in a rural wilderness area of outstanding beauty. Thomas Carlyle wrote his first major piece of work at Craigenputtock and when he left for London in the 1830s, he always longed to return to the solitude of his former home. Click Here to visit the Craigenputtock website.
GLARE is working with the Glenkens Historic Houses Association, an association of owners of historic houses within the Glenkens and its immediate vicinity, places of immeasurable importance within the context of our natural and cultural heritage that are affected by the proposed development. The Association came into existence as a result of concerns felt about the cumulative impact a number of wind power station applications would have to the area’s history and historic properties, many of which have close historical ties. | |
BLACKCRAIG WIND FARM
A Public Local Inquiry has been called. It will start on Tuesday 26 February 2008 in the town hall of the St John's Town of Dalry. [ read more ]
You can download GLARE's precognition and other documents here:
- GLARE Statement of Case
- GLARE Precognition
- Statement by John Kennedy Chartered Landscape Architect
- Precognition by John Constable of REF
- Precognition by Dick Bowdler of New Acoustics
- Visualisation Assessment by Macaulay Enterprises
- ES Critique by Geoffrey Sinclair
You can also download a selection of precognitions by other persons and organisations here:
- Precognitions by 4 employees of NATS
- Precognition by Carlyle Craigenputtoch Cirlce
- Precognition by Glenkens Historic Houses Association
- Precognition by S.H. Ingall
For all other submissions to the Inquiry, please visit the Dumfries and Galloway website [ click here ]
MARGREE WIND FARM
North British Windpower have submitted a planning application to construct a wind power station at Margree on the edge of the Glenkens, just 2 miles north and within site of Blackcraig Hill. The proposal is for up to 25 turbines of approximately 125 metres (410 feet) from base to blade tip.
DARNGARROCH WIND FARM
Currently in 'Scoping' stage, this proposal is for a Section 26 wind power station (greater than 50 megawatts) on Darngarroch Hill, a 373 metre hill visible from Corsock and Dunscore. The exact proposal is yet unknown, however it would take a minimum of seventeen 125 metre (410 feet) turbines to produce the required electricty.
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