Development of new wind farms in remote, wild areas should be halted, the National Trust for Scotland has said.
The Trust says it recognises the need for renewable energy but argues this should not come at the expense of wild land.
It is calling for protection of wild land to be strengthened in a new national planning framework to ensure that wild land areas remain intact and largely unspoilt by manmade infrastructure, as well as the presumption against wind farm developments to be extended to these areas of remote wildness.
The Trust also said that the Government’s draft Onshore Energy Wind Statement now omits any mention of wild land, in contrast with a previous version from 2017. https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/national-trust-says-wind-farms-should-be-halted-in-remote-wild-land-3831599?fbclid=IwAR2oZlmGyPDcB0uSGSokv6CWMa2CM97R18jZvzqW4fx55F6LJ5tb6uQ715A
