Kyle Chronicle #1
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Is the current planning system for renewables sidelining communities?
The growing amount, complexity, increasing fast pace of the process, and the way decisions on applications are reached - with some given the green light despite widespread local opposition - are some of the challenges faced by the local communities around the Kyle of Sutherland. “It seems [Scottish Ministers Alastair
Kyle Chronicle #23
Community meeting with Maree Todd to discuss concerns over more renewable developments in the area
The meeting was organised by the local campaign group NORoS (No Ring of Steel Kyle of Sutherland). It was held on 13th February at Bonar Bridge Hall, with over 150 people attending. Those in the community who are concerned about the cumulative, socio-economic and environmental effects of new renewable energy
Out-of-place names
Gaelic, Norse, Brittonic? A look into the history and origins of place names in and around our area The Munros of Culrain renamed the estate of Carbisdale (from Balinoe to Ochtow) after the estate of Culrain in the parish of Rosskeen, which in turn had been given that name after