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Rural communities across Scotland are finding themselves subjected to an increasingly heavy handed, top down planning regime that leaves little room for meaningful local influence. Many of us began by signing petitions, believing that collective objection might be enough. It quickly became clear that this was only the starting point.…

Some gifts last a lifetime, others barely last a day. In a year when the CEO of Vestas reportedly earned €1.4 million, local communities are told that accurate and honest visual material is somehow beyond reach. Councils and residents are instead presented with crude wireframe illustrations that strip away scale,…

The first public meeting at the GMI in Glencairn marked a powerful starting point for local opposition to the proposed Vestas wind farm. With over one hundred residents in attendance, the strength of feeling across the community was clear from the outset. People came together not out of curiosity, but…