Sustainable Shetland v The Scottish Ministers and Another: SCS 3 Dec 2013

Second Division – Inner House -The petitioners challenged the grant of permission under the 1989 Act for a windfarm on Shetland.

Lord Carloway
[2013] ScotCS CSIH – 116
Bailii
Electricity Act 1989 36, Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2000
Scotland
Citing:
At Outer HouseSustainable Shetland, Re Judicial Review SCS 24-Sep-2013
Outer House – The petitioner environmental group objected to the grant under the 1989 Act of permission for the construction for a substantial wind farm in Central Mainland, Shetland. . .

Cited by:
Second DivisionSustainable Shetland v The Scottish Ministers and Viking Energy Partnership for Judicial Review SCS 9-Jul-2014
Inner House, First Division – Application regarding substantial wind farm on Shetland. The claimants said that the defenders had failed to take proper account of te effect of the proposed development on the whimbrel. . .
Second DivisionSustainable Shetland v The Scottish Ministers and Another (Scotland) SC 9-Feb-2015
Wind Farm Permission Took Proper Account
Sustainable Shetland challenged the grant of permission for a wind farm saying that the respondents had failed properly to take account of their obligations under the Birds Directive, in respect of the whimbrel, a protected migratory bird.
Scotland, Planning, European, Utilities, Environment

Updated: 28 November 2021; Ref: scu.519746