The Beauly-Denny Landscape Group has issued a response to yesterday's decision from the Scottish Government that the powerline will go ahead.
The letter is reproduced in full below:
All administrations are defined by the big decisions they make that shape the country for years to come. This Scottish Government’s legacy could well be its approval of the Beauly-Denny line. Future generations will be left with a giant pylon line that scars our world renowned landscapes, yet wasn’t necessary in the first place.
Beauly Denny is yesterday's solution to tomorrow's problem. The fact is that
As marine renewables become a significant power source in the north of
The Beauly Denny Landscape Group has long campaigned on these issues including a call to the Scottish Government to reopen the Planning Inquiry in the light of this and other new evidence. Despite recent precedents elsewhere for such a course of action the call has been ignored. For the thousands of objectors and supporters of this campaign this not only reinforces a sense of democratic deficit but also raises disturbing prospects for all our environments should the lack of adequate appraisal and consideration of evidence continue to prevail.
The Beauly-Denny line will be the legacy of a poor decision, based on false assumptions, and one that we will all have to live with for generations to come.
Chairman, John Muir Trust
Director, The Association for the Protection of Rural
Chief Executive, National Trust for
President, The Mountaineering Council of
Convenor, Ramblers
Coordinator, Scottish Wild Land Group
The Beauly-Denny group comprises several major organisations: the National Trust for
