Save Straiton for Scotland

Update & AGM!4th December 2014

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Welcome "Bill#!

Finance Update "Andy#!

Campaign & Committee Update "Lala#!

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Finance Update

Income and Expenditure !(11 February 2013 to 28 February 2014)

Turnover £ £

Donations 18,147

Soup and sweet lunch and raffle 1,107

Fullarton prints 430

Buck collection/takings/other 941

Car boot 380

Straiton stroll 655

Tea and cake 500 22,160

Other income

Deposit account interest 28

22,188

£ £

Income B/Fwd 22,188

Expenditure

Liability insurance 277

Stationery and printing 148

Advertising 3,902

Signs 708

Landscape advice 8,317

Noise engineer 1,950

Planning advice 6,600 21,902

286

Finance costs

Paypal charges 83

NET SURPLUS 203

Income and Expenditure !(11 February 2013 to 28 February 2014)

Analysis of Expenses !(Year to 28th February 2014)

Liability insurance

Stationery and printing

Advertising

Signs

Landscape advice

Noise Engineer

Planning Advice

Linfairn £

Liability insurance -

Stationery and printing -

Advertising 2,141

Signs -

Landscape advice 5,211

Noise Engineer 1,950

Planning Advice 6,600

15,902

Analysis of Expenses !(Year to 28th February 2014)

Linfairn £

Keirs Hill £

Liability insurance - -

Stationery and printing - -

Advertising 2,141 1,761

Signs - -

Landscape advice 5,211 3,106

Noise Engineer 1,950 -

Planning Advice 6,600 -

15,902 4,867

Analysis of Expenses !(Year to 28th February 2014)

Linfairn £

Keirs Hill £

Glenmount £

Liability insurance - - -

Stationery and printing

- - -

Advertising 2,141 1,761 -

Signs - - -

Landscape advice 5,211 3,106 -

Noise Engineer 1,950 - -

Planning Advice 6,600 - -

15,902 4,867 -

Analysis of Expenses !(Year to 28th February 2014)

Linfairn £

Keirs Hill £

Glenmount £

Dersalloch £

Liability insurance - - - -

Stationery and printing

- - - -

Advertising 2,141 1,761 - -

Signs - - - -

Landscape advice 5,211 3,106 - -

Noise Engineer 1,950 - - -

Planning Advice 6,600 - - -

15,902 4,867 - -

Analysis of Expenses !(Year to 28th February 2014)

Linfairn £

Keirs Hill £

Glenmount £

Dersalloch £

Knockskae £

Liability insurance - - - - -

Stationery and printing

- - - - -

Advertising 2,141 1,761 - - -

Signs - - - - -

Landscape advice 5,211 3,106 - - -

Noise Engineer 1,950 - - - -

Planning Advice 6,600 - - - -

15,902 4,867 - - -

Analysis of Expenses !(Year to 28th February 2014)

Linfairn £

Keirs Hill £

Glenmount £

Dersalloch £

Knockskae £

General £

Liability insurance - - - - - 277

Stationery and printing

- - - - - 148

Advertising 2,141 1,761 - - - -

Signs - - - - - 708

Landscape advice 5,211 3,106 - - - -

Noise Engineer 1,950 - - - - -

Planning Advice 6,600 - - - - -

15,902 4,867 - - - 1,133

Analysis of Expenses !(Year to 28th February 2014)

Linfairn £

Keirs Hill £

Glenmount £

Dersalloch £

Knockshae £

General £

Total £

Liability insurance - - - - - 277 277

Stationery and printing

- - - - - 148 148

Advertising 2,141 1,761 - - - - 3,902

Signs - - - - - 708 708

Landscape advice 5,211 3,106 - - - - 8,317

Noise Engineer 1,950 - - - - - 1,950

Planning Advice 6,600 - - - - - 6,600

15,902 4,867 - - - 1,133 21,902

Analysis of Expenses !(Year to 28th February 2014)

Campaign & Committee Update

February 2013

The CampaignPrinciples!

Press Engagement!

Poll & Petition!

Puncturing the Hyperbole!

Politician Support!

People Power !

Planning Process

PrinciplesClear mandate from our community!

Engage!

in the planning process!

with the developers!

with the experts!

with press, politicians and the public!

with what works!

Professional, rational, considered, credible

Press !!!

Picturesque village is facing wind farm 'catastrophe'

Residents of a picturesque village claim they are facing a “national

catastrophe” after learning of plans for five separate wind farms

that would “surround” their community.

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The Girvan Valley is one of the areas campaigners claim would be affected if planning applications

for multiple wind farms were approved Photo: Jonathan Meuli

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!By Auslan Cramb, Scottis

h Correspondent

5:46PM GMT 11 Mar 2013

! 63 Comments

!The villagers of Straiton in South Ayrshire have launched a campaign

against the projects, which they say have reduced residents to tears and

would devastate an area of outstanding natural beauty.

Straiton residents raise £20K to fight wind farm!

Sarah Hilley !Published: 8 Oct 2013 12:00!!

Twenty five turbines proposed south of Straiton!

!STRAITON residents have forked out £20,000 to try and save their village from being

overshadowed by huge wind turbines.!

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!The villagers have managed to raise the money to hire experts to formulate a robust

objection to plans for 25 turbines on farmland south of Straiton.!

They have hired planning, landscape and noise experts to help them prepare their objection

in response to Energy firm Willowind’s plans for the Linfairn application.!

Bill Steven, chair of campaign group Save Straiton for Scotland, said: "Most of the money we

have raised comes from individuals who have made donations ranging from as little as £5 to

£2000.!!"This village has not changed for 250 years and all of a sudden developers think they can

come along and make a ridiculous proposal. It would destroy the area for generations to

come. We are not an industrial area - but these are industrial-scale turbines."!

Bill said the turbines will be seen from peoples' houses and some homes will be located only

800 metres away from the turbines - spanning 126 metres.!

He also said views of iconic island Ailsa Craig from the village would be hampered.!

!!!!

Wind farm develo

pers pled

ge to cu

t energ

y costs

for

thousands of A

yrshire

homes - but objec

tors cry foul!

!Proposed Keirs

Hill turbines c

ould be the ta

llest o

nshore in th

e UK

!

A computer g

enerated image of w

hat the tu

rbines could look li

ke at Keirs

Hill

!Wind fa

rm deve

lopers say th

ey will

discount e

lectricit

y price

s for u

p to 1200 homes in

the

Dalmellin

gton, Patna and Straito

n area.

The discount –

of £118 per ye

ar – depends o

n 17 turbines a

t Keirs

Hill gettin

g planning

approval, and becoming operatio

nal.

But the tu

rbines will

be the highest o

nshore in th

e UK – 149 metres to

blade tip.

Graeme Kerr is p

roject manager fo

r deve

lopers RES, and sa

ys the disc

ount scheme is

‘in

response to feedback

from co

mmunities’.

But it has a

ngered the many o

bjectors t

o the project,

including Save Stra

iton fo

r Scotla

nd

campaign chairm

an Bill Stev

en.

Poll & Petition

The poll;!

92.5! of the community were opposed to all five wind farm proposals.!

The petition;!

Thousands of people have given us their support by signing the petition in the village and on$line.

Puncturing the HyperboleScotland needs more wind farms!

Scotland needs wind farm jobs!

We’re all NIMBYs

PoliticiansPoliticians "MSPs, MPs, MEPs, Counsellors# of every political stripe have given their support to the campaign, especia!y to oppose Linfairngiven their support to the campaign, given their support to the campaign,

People Power

Planning ProcessProposed Wind Farm

Developer Number of Turbines Proposed

Planning Authority

Planning Submission

Number of Turbines in Submission

Objections Lodged

Decision What’s Next? Number of Turbines still Threatened

Dersalloch Scottish Power 23 Energy Consents Unit (section 36)

2005, 2006, 2012

23 Circa 5,000 public. S.Ayrshire & E.Ayrshire Councils.

Approved directly by Fergus Ewing, without public local enquiry

East Ayrshire have petitioned for a judicial review

23

Linfairn WilloWind 29 Energy Consents Unit (section 36)

September ‘13 25 6,000+ public None, application will be revised

A revised submission for 19 turbines is expected before Christmas ’14

19

Keirs Hill (Sclenteuch)

RES UK 33 Energy Consents Unit (section 36)

November ‘13 17 (149m) Circa 3,500 public. S.Ayrshire & E.Ayrshire Councils.

None yet We await announcement of PLI

17

Glenmount RWE Innogy 26 Energy Consents Unit (section 36)

March ‘14 19 3,000+ public. S.Ayrshire & E.Ayrshire Councils.

None yet We await announcement of PLI

19

Knockskae (Dalmorton)

PNE Energy 19 South Ayrshire Council

Expected January ‘15

Mobilise objections

11

Loch Bradan Scottish Water 1 South Ayrshire Council

July ‘13 1 Circa 150 by the time the submission was withdrawn

Withdrawn Scottish Water plan to resubmit at some point

0

Glenauchie Burcote Renewables

1 South Ayrshire Council

September ‘13 1 Permission Refused March ‘14

0

Cummulative Threat

132 89

The CommitteeChanges!

Chair: Bill and Lala to switch places !

Continuing: Bea, Pete, Eoghan!

Stepping Down: Andy, Whirly, Joanna, Jonathan!

Your campaign needs you!!

We need new committee members!

We need to respond to the revised Linfairn proposals!

We need to raise objections to Knockskae!

We need to stick with it!

Questions? Comments?