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News from Wanlockhead

Lesley Riddoch: The problem with land in tax havens

Take Wanlockhead – a tiny community which contests the title of Scotland's highest village with neighbouring Leadhills. The two ex-mining villages straddle the boundaries of Dumfries and Galloway and South Lanarkshire, sitting on land owned by the Duke ...

Buccleuch, 2020 Renewables file scoping report for 151-MW Scottish wind farm

It is to be located to the north west of the village of Wanlockhead in Dumfries and Galloway. The scoping report is the latest stage in the consultation process for the project. It details the layout of the proposed 42 wind turbines, each with a ...

North Lowther seeks Scottish wind

Buccleuch and 2020 Renewables have submitted a scoping report to Scottish Ministers for the 151MW North Lowther wind energy initiative to be located to the north west of Wanlockhead. The project would see the creation of landscape scale habitat ...

Developers progress plans for 42-turbine onshore wind farm

The North Lowther Energy Initiative (NLEI), a partnership between landowner Buccleuch and renewables developer 2020 Renewables, is formulating proposals for the scheme to be located to the north west of Wanlockhead. According to a statement from ...

Lowther Hills wind farm seeks progress

It would see the turbines constructed to the north west of Wanlockhead. Buccleuch chief executive John Glen said the proposals were part of a "wider renewable energy and land use strategy" for the area. The scoping report details the layout of the ...

Wanlockhead group seeks Buccleuch estate land buyout

South of Scotland MSP Claudia Beamish, who is on the Rural Affairs Committee currently scrutinising land reform legislation, told villagers that would help communities like Wanlockhead to put forward successful buyout bids. “We were absolutely ...

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