Earlier this month it emerged that Scottish Natural Heritage, a public body responsible for advising the government on where to establish natural parks, was drawing up a map for the Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) that would rule out significant tracts of land to wind developments.
Initial reports suggested 28% of Scotland – particularly areas in the north and west Highlands – would be deemed “wild lands” whose natural beauty made them unsuitable to onshore wind farms except in special circumstances.
However,
