Leave Our Hills Alone (LOHA) is a community-led group formed to protect Dalmacallan Hill and the surrounding landscape from Vestas’ proposed wind farm development. Dalmacallan Hill is home to a residential community, while Dalmacallan Forest, valued for its diverse plant…
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THE MET MAST HANGS IN THE BALANCE An industrial wind farm starts with a single mast. UPDATE FROM the PLANNING MEETING AT Dumfries and Galloway Council re Met Mast Application 26/0952/FUL, Craes Hill, thursday 27th august 2026.As you know, the met mast…
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Community publishes Open Letter to all Councillors of Dumfries & Galloway An industrial wind farm starts with a single mast. On Thursday 27 August, Dumfries and Galloway councillors decide whether to approve a 91 metre meteorological mast above Moniaive. It’s…
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Leave Our Hills Alone has received national media attention, with the Scottish Daily Express reporting on our community campaign and the determination of local people to protect the Glencairn landscape from inappropriate industrial-scale energy development. The coverage highlights an issue…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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