Closing statements at the Public Inquiry for the wind farm near Auchtermuchty in Fife will be heard today. Ken Halliday appeared as the Expert Witness for Landscape and Visual Amenity and Nick Edwards appeared as the Planning Expert Witness on behalf of Energiekontor UK, the developer for the site.

Labels: Auchtermuchty, Ken Halliday, Nick Edwards, Public Inquiry

Stephenson Halliday has been engaged to assist Energiekontor in fighting their appeal against the failure of Fife council to determine their application at Auchtermuchty. The proposal at Auchtermuchty was for five wind turbines and was submitted in July 2006. By March 2007 there had still been no decision on the application and Energiekontor decided to appeal against non-determination. The appeal will be dealt with by public inquiry later this year and Stephenson Halliday will be presenting landscape and planning evidence.

Labels: Auchtermuchty, Windfarms

We have recently completed the Environmental Statement (ES) on behalf of Energiekontor UK Ltd to accompany their Planning Application for a five turbine wind farm near Auchtermuchty in Fife. We provided detailed landscape and visual analysis, planning statement as well as coordination and production of the ES and are continuing our discussions with the statutory consultees.

Labels: application, Auchtermuchty, Windfarms

The practice has recently assisted AMEC Wind with the landscape and visual assessment for proposed 60MW wind energy project at Ray Forest in Northumberland, and the planning application was submitted in December 2005.
On 30 January 2006 Cumbria County Council granted planning permission to our client British Nuclear Group Ltd for a temporary extension in respect of the storage of containers at their low level waste facility at Drigg in Cumbria. We coordinated the information required for the Environmental Statement, prepared a detailed landscape and visual assessment of the proposal and acted as planning advisors for the project.
We are currently assisting EnergieKontor with coordination of an Environmental Statement for a proposed wind farm at Auchtermuchty in Fife.
The practice has recently been successful in obtaining planning permission for a new Liquid Waste Acceptance Facility for Cumbria Waste Management Ltd at their Distington Landfill site. The new facility will allow the direct treatment of liquid wastes through the sites leachate treatment system. This is an important asset for the site as the provisions of the landfill regulations will bite next year banning the disposal of liquid wastes to landfill.
We are currently working on two major extensions to sand and gravel quarries in north Cumbria. Both projects require full Environmental Impact Assessment. We are carrying out the project design, landscape and visual assessment and planning work, as well as coordinating all other assessment work.

Labels: Auchtermuchty, Distington, Ray, Windfarms