Windfarm Update - Barrel Law

Not much has happened over the last couple of months. A new strategic plan for SE Scotland has been approved recently. This doesn’t change much but ABO and SBC had to be allowed to send in their comments.

There is a meeting on 10th September in Selkirk where ABO, SBC and the MOD are going to discuss the MOD issues and whether the whole appeal should be put on hold.

Only people and groups who had sent in objections to the Reporter were invited to attend. This included the Community Council. This issue is complicated so a barrister will appear at this meeting to argue that the appeal should not be delayed (or sisted).

I still expect the Reporter will decide that the appeal should be sisted. If a sist is agreed the application will be effectively frozen for months or even years.  If that happens it is unclear when the “non-MOD” issues would be considered. It should all be much clearer by late September.