{"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":"2026-09-03T02:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T02:52:30","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-9353\" class=\"grve-blog-item grve-isotope-item post-9353 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community category-dumfries-and-galloway-council 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\/template-2-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-800x450.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blade-grve-small-rect-horizontal-wide size-blade-grve-small-rect-horizontal-wide wp-post-image\" alt=\"Community writes Open Letter to D&amp;G Councillors\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors.jpg 1920w\" 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\/heiditiplady\/\" rel=\"author\">Leave Our Hills Alone<\/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=\"2026-09-02T16:25:43+00:00\">\r\n\t\t\t\tSeptember 2, 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\/template-2-2\/#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\/template-2-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><h2 class=\"grve-post-title grve-text-hover-primary-1 grve-h3\" itemprop=\"headline\">MET MAST left hanging<\/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\">MET MAST left hanging<\/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\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-1024x576.jpg<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >1024<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >576<\/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=\"2026-09-02T16:25:43+00:00\">September 2, 2026<\/time>\r\n\t\t\t<time class=\"grve-structured-data date updated\" itemprop=\"dateModified\"  datetime=\"2026-09-02T16:39:57+00:00\">September 2, 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\/template-2-2\/\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/span><!-- END grve-hidden -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div itemprop=\"articleBody\"><p>THE MET MAST HANGS IN THE BALANCE An industrial wind farm starts with a single mast. UPDATE FROM the PLANNING MEETING AT\u00a0Dumfries and Galloway Council\u00a0re Met Mast Application 26\/0952\/FUL, Craes Hill, thursday 27th august 2026. As you know, the met mast application, being the pre-cursor to the likely windfarm application,&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-9343\" class=\"grve-blog-item grve-isotope-item post-9343 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community category-dumfries-and-galloway-council 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\/template-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-800x450.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blade-grve-small-rect-horizontal-wide size-blade-grve-small-rect-horizontal-wide wp-post-image\" alt=\"Community writes Open Letter to D&amp;G Councillors\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors.jpg 1920w\" 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\/heiditiplady\/\" rel=\"author\">Leave Our Hills Alone<\/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=\"2026-08-23T17:19:12+00:00\">\r\n\t\t\t\tAugust 23, 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\/template-2\/#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\/template-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><h2 class=\"grve-post-title grve-text-hover-primary-1 grve-h3\" itemprop=\"headline\">D&#038;GC in the planning spot light<\/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\">D&#038;GC in the planning spot light<\/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\/07\/Open-Letter-to-all-Councillors-1024x576.jpg<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t   <span itemprop='height' >1024<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t   <span itemprop='width' >576<\/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=\"2026-08-23T17:19:12+00:00\">August 23, 2026<\/time>\r\n\t\t\t<time class=\"grve-structured-data date updated\" itemprop=\"dateModified\"  datetime=\"2026-08-26T09:33:24+00:00\">August 26, 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\/template-2\/\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/span><!-- END grve-hidden -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div itemprop=\"articleBody\"><p>Community publishes Open Letter to all Councillors of Dumfries &amp; 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&#8217;s only purpose is to gather the wind data for the&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-9323\" class=\"grve-blog-item grve-isotope-item post-9323 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\/leave-our-hills-alone-featured-in-the-scottish-daily-express\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Moniaive-Montage_infographic_13may26-800x450.png\" class=\"attachment-blade-grve-small-rect-horizontal-wide size-blade-grve-small-rect-horizontal-wide wp-post-image\" alt=\"Moniaive Montage\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Moniaive-Montage_infographic_13may26-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/leaveourhillsalone.co.uk\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Moniaive-Montage_infographic_13may26-1170x658.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\/\" 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=\"2026-08-14T15:07:00+00:00\">\r\n\t\t\t\tAugust 14, 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\/leave-our-hills-alone-featured-in-the-scottish-daily-express\/#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>1<\/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\/leave-our-hills-alone-featured-in-the-scottish-daily-express\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><h2 class=\"grve-post-title grve-text-hover-primary-1 grve-h3\" itemprop=\"headline\">Leave Our Hills Alone Featured in the Scottish Daily Express<\/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\">Leave Our Hills Alone Featured in the Scottish Daily Express<\/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\/06\/Moniaive-Montage_infographic_13may26-1024x683.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=\"2026-08-14T15:07:00+00:00\">August 14, 2026<\/time>\r\n\t\t\t<time class=\"grve-structured-data date updated\" itemprop=\"dateModified\"  datetime=\"2026-08-14T15:09:23+00:00\">August 14, 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\/leave-our-hills-alone-featured-in-the-scottish-daily-express\/\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t<\/span><!-- END grve-hidden -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div itemprop=\"articleBody\"><p>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 increasingly facing rural communities across Scotland: local people finding themselves&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-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\/\" 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\/\" 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\/\" 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. 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