{"id":585,"date":"2015-09-15T13:10:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T13:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/index.php\/blog-grid-2-columns\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:11:14","slug":"news-and-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/news-and-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]\t\t<div class=\"grve-element grve-style-1 grve-blog grve-blog-columns grve-blog-grid grve-isotope grve-with-gap\" style=\"\" data-columns=\"2\" data-columns-tablet-landscape=\"2\" data-columns-tablet-portrait=\"2\" data-columns-mobile=\"1\" data-layout=\"fitRows\" data-spinner=\"no\" data-gutter-size=\"40\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grve-isotope-container\">\r\n\t\t\t<article id=\"post-9095\" class=\"grve-blog-item grve-isotope-item post-9095 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community category-vestas category-wind-farms tag-community tag-glencairn tag-vesta tag-wind-farms\" itemscope itemType=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grve-isotope-item-inner grve-zoomIn\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grve-media grve-image-hover\">\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/democracy-at-arms-length-how-scotlands-planning-system-silences-rural-communities\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rural-communities-across-Scotland-are-800x450.png\" class=\"attachment-blade-grve-small-rect-horizontal-wide size-blade-grve-small-rect-horizontal-wide wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rural-communities-across-Scotland-are-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rural-communities-across-Scotland-are-1170x658.png 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grve-post-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"grve-post-meta grve-small-text grve-list-divider\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"grve-post-author\">\r\n\t\t\t<span>By: <\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/author\/objectnow\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t<li class=\"grve-post-date\">\r\n\t\t\t<time class=\"grve-post-date\" datetime=\"2026-01-06T21:00:00+00:00\">\r\n\t\t\t\tJanuary 6, 2026\t\t\t<\/time>\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li class=\"grve-post-comments\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/democracy-at-arms-length-how-scotlands-planning-system-silences-rural-communities\/#commentform\"><i class=\"fa fa-comment-o\"><\/i> 0<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li class=\"grve-like-counter \"><i class=\"fa fa-heart-o\"><\/i><span>0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/democracy-at-arms-length-how-scotlands-planning-system-silences-rural-communities\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><h2 class=\"grve-post-title grve-text-hover-primary-1 grve-h3\" itemprop=\"headline\">Democracy at Arm\u2019s Length: How Scotland\u2019s Planning System Silences Rural Communities<\/h2><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-hidden\">\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data entry-title\">Democracy at Arm\u2019s Length: How Scotland\u2019s Planning System Silences Rural Communities<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\r\n\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url' >https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Rural-communities-across-Scotland-are-1024x683.png<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >1024<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >683<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data vcard author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"name\" class=\"fn\">Leave Our Hills Alone<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Leave Our Hills Alone<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Light-Logo-New-1.png<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"grve-structured-data date published\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2026-01-06T21:00:00+00:00\">January 6, 2026<\/time>\r\n\t\t\t<time class=\"grve-structured-data date updated\" itemprop=\"dateModified\"  datetime=\"2026-02-11T18:12:38+00:00\">February 11, 2026<\/time>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/democracy-at-arms-length-how-scotlands-planning-system-silences-rural-communities\/\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/span><!-- END grve-hidden -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div itemprop=\"articleBody\"><p>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.&hellip;<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<article id=\"post-9087\" class=\"grve-blog-item grve-isotope-item post-9087 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community category-vestas category-wind-farms tag-community tag-glencairn tag-vesta tag-wind-farms\" itemscope itemType=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grve-isotope-item-inner grve-zoomIn\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grve-media grve-image-hover\">\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/when-a-wireframe-becomes-a-lie-the-misrepresentation-of-wind-farm-impacts\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Winnie-the-Pooh-720x450.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blade-grve-small-rect-horizontal-wide size-blade-grve-small-rect-horizontal-wide wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grve-post-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"grve-post-meta grve-small-text grve-list-divider\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"grve-post-author\">\r\n\t\t\t<span>By: <\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/author\/objectnow\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t<li class=\"grve-post-date\">\r\n\t\t\t<time class=\"grve-post-date\" datetime=\"2025-12-21T21:00:00+00:00\">\r\n\t\t\t\tDecember 21, 2025\t\t\t<\/time>\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li class=\"grve-post-comments\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/when-a-wireframe-becomes-a-lie-the-misrepresentation-of-wind-farm-impacts\/#commentform\"><i class=\"fa fa-comment-o\"><\/i> 0<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li class=\"grve-like-counter \"><i class=\"fa fa-heart-o\"><\/i><span>0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/when-a-wireframe-becomes-a-lie-the-misrepresentation-of-wind-farm-impacts\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><h2 class=\"grve-post-title grve-text-hover-primary-1 grve-h3\" itemprop=\"headline\">When a Wireframe Becomes a Lie: The Misrepresentation of Wind Farm Impacts<\/h2><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-hidden\">\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data entry-title\">When a Wireframe Becomes a Lie: The Misrepresentation of Wind Farm Impacts<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\r\n\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url' >https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Winnie-the-Pooh.jpg<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >720<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >872<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data vcard author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"name\" class=\"fn\">Leave Our Hills Alone<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Leave Our Hills Alone<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Light-Logo-New-1.png<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"grve-structured-data date published\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-12-21T21:00:00+00:00\">December 21, 2025<\/time>\r\n\t\t\t<time class=\"grve-structured-data date updated\" itemprop=\"dateModified\"  datetime=\"2026-02-11T18:12:42+00:00\">February 11, 2026<\/time>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/when-a-wireframe-becomes-a-lie-the-misrepresentation-of-wind-farm-impacts\/\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/span><!-- END grve-hidden -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div itemprop=\"articleBody\"><p>Some gifts last a lifetime, others barely last a day. In a year when the CEO of Vestas reportedly earned \u20ac1.4 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,&hellip;<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<article id=\"post-23\" class=\"grve-blog-item grve-isotope-item post-23 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community category-vestas category-wind-farms tag-community tag-glencairn tag-vesta tag-wind-farms\" itemscope itemType=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grve-isotope-item-inner grve-zoomIn\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grve-media grve-image-hover\">\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/community-comes-together-in-glencairn-to-oppose-proposed-vestas-wind-farm\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-03-at-21.57.22-800x450.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-blade-grve-small-rect-horizontal-wide size-blade-grve-small-rect-horizontal-wide wp-post-image\" alt=\"Community Comes Together in Glencairn\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-03-at-21.57.22-800x450.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-03-at-21.57.22-1170x658.jpeg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grve-post-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"grve-post-meta grve-small-text grve-list-divider\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"grve-post-author\">\r\n\t\t\t<span>By: <\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/author\/objectnow\/\" title=\"Posts by admin\" rel=\"author\">admin<\/a><\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t<li class=\"grve-post-date\">\r\n\t\t\t<time class=\"grve-post-date\" datetime=\"2025-12-03T09:00:54+00:00\">\r\n\t\t\t\tDecember 3, 2025\t\t\t<\/time>\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li class=\"grve-post-comments\"><a href=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/community-comes-together-in-glencairn-to-oppose-proposed-vestas-wind-farm\/#commentform\"><i class=\"fa fa-comment-o\"><\/i> 0<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li class=\"grve-like-counter \"><i class=\"fa fa-heart-o\"><\/i><span>2<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/community-comes-together-in-glencairn-to-oppose-proposed-vestas-wind-farm\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><h2 class=\"grve-post-title grve-text-hover-primary-1 grve-h3\" itemprop=\"headline\">Community Comes Together in Glencairn to Oppose Proposed Vestas Wind Farm<\/h2><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-hidden\">\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data entry-title\">Community Comes Together in Glencairn to Oppose Proposed Vestas Wind Farm<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\r\n\t\t\t   <span itemprop='url' >https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-03-at-21.57.22-1024x768.jpeg<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >1024<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >768<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data vcard author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"name\" class=\"fn\">Leave Our Hills Alone<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Leave Our Hills Alone<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Light-Logo-New-1.png<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"grve-structured-data date published\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2025-12-03T09:00:54+00:00\">December 3, 2025<\/time>\r\n\t\t\t<time class=\"grve-structured-data date updated\" itemprop=\"dateModified\"  datetime=\"2026-02-11T18:12:46+00:00\">February 11, 2026<\/time>\r\n\t\t\t<span class=\"grve-structured-data\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/WebPage\" itemid=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/community-comes-together-in-glencairn-to-oppose-proposed-vestas-wind-farm\/\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/span><!-- END grve-hidden -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div itemprop=\"articleBody\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column] 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,&hellip;<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-585","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8934,"href":"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/585\/revisions\/8934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}