Save Loch Ness and the Great Glen

What it asks

What the petitioner did first

1. 26 May 2015
   Public Petitions Committee

   New Petitions
   1 mention
2. 22 Sep 2015
   Public Petitions Committee

   Continued Petitions
   1 mention
3. 14 Sep 2017
   Public Petitions Committee

   New Petitions
   1 mention

1. Scotland1,320 42.6%
2. United Kingdom471 15.2%
3. France376 12.1%
4. England342 11%
5. Germany113 3.6%
6. Canada79 2.6%
7. United States73 2.4%
8. Australia68 2.2%
9. Poland43 1.4%
10. Wales33 1.1%
11. 35 other countries179 5.8%

1. Mr R A Danson 18 Mar 2015
   My family originate from Garbeg and I have many relatives still in the Drumnadrochit area. The industrialisation of this pristine area is a disgrace that will haunt our children and children's children for decades to come. Please help to save what is left of this iconic landscape.
2. John Curtis 18 Mar 2015
   Loch Ness and its environs are quintessentially Scottish and are what people travel from all around the world to see. To destroy this area, or any other in Scotland, with the dreadful sight os useless turbines and their support equipment, is absolute madness.
3. Gerry worth 18 Mar 2015
   Loch ness and the surrounding areas are hugely important to tourism and windfarms are not what tourists come to see.
4. susan worth 18 Mar 2015
   Working in the tourism business around loch ness as I do, I can already see the damage being done to future tourism. its not this year or next year, maybe not even the year after that, but its the years after when its far too late that worries me. I fear a change in career and the closing down of our businesses certainty on the cards.
5. Karen Roden 18 Mar 2015
   We visit Scotland every year for a family holiday, but I think this may well be the last time as the situation with monstrous industrial wind turbines and the new pylon routes is an absolute disgrace. For 15 years we have visited to enjoy the stunning, unspoilt landscapes, but bit by bit they are being destroyed. To suggest this could happen in the Loch Ness and great Glen areas is totally beyond belief. What on earth are the politicians and landowners thinking?
6. David Whannel 19 Mar 2015
   No turbine that emits infrasound is safe in Scotland where we have the right to roam and set-up camp where we like
   - no published medical study has ever been conducted in the world despite the health complaints. Sub 20Hz infrasound can alter brain operating frequencies and is known to cause seizures in people with epilepsy, thus making vast areas effectively no longer accessible to disabled people, fully planned gross negligence.
7. Douglas Moir 19 Mar 2015
   The Scottish Government is overseeing the systematic destruction of our greatest natural resource, our wonderful landscapes. For what? The Industrialisation of our land at lunatic costs to the benefit of few in Scotland and in the main to Investors, Shareholders and Firms far from our shores. It is a betrayal of our National Heritage by the very people who claim they are Nationalists.
8. Joseph Fleming Lindsay 19 Mar 2015
   I think it's time to stop this madness. The Scottish Government's ain appears to be to despoil the whole of Scotland, my country, your country, with huge electric turbines. They offer us the sop of payback money, which is really only our own money anyway. A lot of people are stupid enough to swallow this, and feed the SNP's ego, of being forerunners in the renewables race.
   A song was once written with the words "What aarcel of rogues on a nation". Our grandchildren may someday sing "What a parcel of fools in a nation"
   It is time to stop this folly.
   Joe Lindsay.
9. Roddie Main 21 Mar 2015
   This is the heart of Highland tourism do not destroy it
10. Isabel Campbell 21 Mar 2015
    Loch Ness and the surrounding area should be saved from destruction by industrialisation caused by wind farms
11. George Herraghty 21 Mar 2015
    The Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle is at the point of extinction due to wind farms. Recent research from around the world indicates horrific bird mortality rates:-
    
    Spain
    - 330 Birds per turbine per year
    Germany
    - 309 Birds per turbine per year
    Sweden
    - 895 Birds per turbine per year
    
    When will the wind industry tell us the Scottish figures?
12. Mary Young 21 Mar 2015
    This is a wholly inappropriate proposal in one of the most iconic areas of Scotland. We are custodians of our country's natural heritage and if the desecration of it is allowed to run rampant with proposals such as this, there will be precious little left to hand on to future generations
13. Susan Dudley (Kerr) 21 Mar 2015
    My ancestors came to the US from Scotland. I have always wanted to visit the places they came from. I see pictures of Scotland now and it breaks my heart to see the entire country dotted with industrial wind turbines. I don't want to visit any longer.
14. Aubrey Moore 21 Mar 2015
    John Swinney (Deputy First Minister) has stated on an earlier occasion that " The Scottish Government wants to see the right developments in the right places and Scottish Planning Policy is clear that the design and location of any wind farm should reflect the scale and character of the landscape and should be considered environmentally acceptable".
    This is neither the correct location or environmentally acceptable!! If any of these sites are approved then the people of Scotland should give serious thought to which party they vote for in the Scottish elections of 2016.
15. Harry Amey 21 Mar 2015
    The European energy policy is a disgrace. Ordinary citizens trampled on the alter of misguided political dogma and subsidies which allow profit to come before people. Shame on you.
16. Graeme Steel 21 Mar 2015
    As I'm signing this. There is no wind. It's good old reliable fossil fuels that reliably keep the lights on. What's the point of destroying our own environment for something that is so unreliable and expensive
17. John Graham 21 Mar 2015
    This area provides one of the highest levels of Hydro in the UK but benefits little from it. We rely on Tourists and soon the level of wind farms will destroy the bulk of the visitors. When people go back on tell of what they experienced, numbers will dwindle and businesses will die. There will be no resurrection for Loch Ness and its environs. Just an example of how much damage national policies can cause.
18. Ralph Godsall 21 Mar 2015
    There is something very special about the Great Glen. It is a national jewel that is cherished by many south of the Border and far away in central London. The highlands need to be protected from inappropriate development such as this and the landscape should be allowed to continue to breath of its own accord for the benefit of all who live in or visit the area for recreational purposes.
19. Elizabeth Blackburn 21 Mar 2015
    Once more we see an area of outstanding natural beauty being threatened. Any further wind farm developments add to destruction of our tourist industry and particularly in the loch Ness area. It is renowned throughout the world. To line it with turbines is vandalism and would contribute minute amounts towards producing green energy. The Scottish goverment should be protecting our beautiful country, not aiding further wind turbine intrusions.
20. Melvin Grosvenor 21 Mar 2015
    more totally unnecessary environmental vandalism by outrageous stupid ineffective so called save the planet useless developers scamming our cash with the backing of SNP politicians stop this madness
21. Duncan Maclean 22 Mar 2015
    I say that both onshore and offshore wind turbine 'farms' have no part to play in modern electrity generation both here in the UK, and across the world...they absolutely do not...
22. Deborah Pender 22 Mar 2015
    No More Wind Turbines! It is a fraudulent money scam which does not provide the electricity the UK needs. Wind Turbines destroy thousands of birds and bats as well as ruining human lives when they are sited too close to homes and public places. Enough is enough!
23. William Palmer 22 Mar 2015
    We have toured the Loch Ness area of Scotland as tourists, and find it magnificant. Wind turbines will destroy the tourism draw.
24. Bradbury Blake 22 Mar 2015
    We must stop destroying our natural and scenic treasures, whether in Scotland or in my home state of Maine, USA for feckless wind power that does absolutely nothing to reduce carbon or other pollutants. Wind turbines are the worst blight on the land!
25. Stephen Watson 22 Mar 2015
    Wind power is nothing but a big scam and is unworthy of public funding for subsidies. Without subsidies and heinous mandates, wind power would never be built. Stop destroying Scotland, the land of my heritage!
26. Dean Bradbury 22 Mar 2015
    A wind power project ruined my home region, the Lincoln Lakes in Maine, USA. I have traveled through Scotland, where my ancestors came from. Please stop ruining your beautiful land for useless wind power!
27. Neil Macleod 22 Mar 2015
    It is now time to say 'No more onshore wind turbines in the Scottish Highlands' as they are against the wishes of the vast majority of people living in these scenic areas.
28. Keimpe Bleeker 22 Mar 2015
    Wind energy is only business for investors or fools. The produced enegy is instable and the effective yield is so little that it is easier to cut back the share of wind energy in consumption. Last but not least the landscape and the living environment are ruined for a result that could be reached also through common sense.
29. Colin Caudery 22 Mar 2015
    If this devastating scheme gets the go ahead the Scottish Parliment has lost all it common sense, people travel from all over the world to see its stunning landscape not turbines. Unfortunately we have the same problem in Cornwall with Cornwall Council being controlled by wind zealots that care little for the landscape. Keep this majestic area of Scotland wild.
30. KEN ROSS 22 Mar 2015
    windfarms destroy our beautiful landscapes.
    None around Loch Ness!
31. Sonia Whittington 22 Mar 2015
    The council have to look at the connection to the grid and all the roads needed to put in these turbines as this can be worse than the turbines themselves. To not do this is deceitful and begs the question of how much money is passing hands. There is one earth with limited resources if we carry head long destroying it for money there will be no world for our children or Grand children. We need to take responsibility for our actions .
32. Tom Baker 22 Mar 2015
    I am still to be convinced that theses onshore turbines are economic in fiscal terms ( without the subsidies ) and also that they solve the carbon output problem when you consider production and installation.
    The owners should be paid the basic going rate per KW, then we would see the truth.
33. Fiona Mclean 22 Mar 2015
    I support this Petition as I consider that this geographical area is being spoilt by these developers and landowners. I believe that were it not for the substantial financial benefits that these landowners and developers were to receive then they would not be undertaking this course of action. I for one have always felt privileged to vote at elections for the benefit of our culture, way of life and future etc. but until the SNP government reconsiders the harm that these developments will have then this is one vote the SNP won't have. These developments will destroy our tourism trade, our natural beauty, our enjoyment and pride of staying in this part of Scotland. We have enough developments
    - no more.
34. Kim Terry 22 Mar 2015
    Many of our friends and relatives are saying they just won't bother to come to Scotland anymore. Let's face it, they don't come for the weather but it is the scenery that attracts people. The SNP are ensuring that it is slowly being eroded away. Perhaps they should leave their cosy desks in Edinburgh occasionally and look at the destruction they have caused and the adverse affects on families forced to live near these monsters they might have a better idea of what the people think. I am sure the polls the developers show saying that 70% of people support wind farms would show something very different if they were actually told the truth about the cost to the environment, the cost on their energy bills, the danger of relying on renewables and the fact that they do not help save CO2 at all. Moving from England to Scotland was the worst thing we did and combining wind farms wit the independence referendum has ensured we cannot sell to move back. Thanks!!
35. Caroline Hobbs 22 Mar 2015
    Here in Aberdeenshire,the rural landscape has become a counrtyside of wind turbines.To see the wilds of Scotland also despoiled is just plain criminal.Enough is enough and it is time to stop the building of any more of these useless structures anywhere in Scotland
36. Sue Morris 22 Mar 2015
    We have been campaigning against Wind Farms for sometime now and fear that our objections are being totally ignored. The UK is supposed to be a democratic country yet we are very rarely listened to or the information received from various environmentalists, scientists, people who are having to live close to existing wind farms and the devastation this has caused are all been overruled by the money making aspects both to overseas wind farm developers and local and central governments. It is absolutely heartbreaking to think that our beautiful Loch Ness and Great Glen could be blighted by so many wind turbines. This brings in so many tourists each year to the Highlands, locals enjoy the outstanding scenery, both on foot, by car and by cyclists. Have any of the planners thought about the logistics and the impact this will have on the roads that will need to be created in order to reach these areas, the impact on our wild life and land. I strongly urge the people who are responsible for making the decisions on whether this goes ahead to use your eyes and your heart to see what you are personally allowing into our most precious land.
37. Mike Haseler 22 Mar 2015
    Not one temperature dataset has warmed at even the lowest rate predicted by the IPCC in 2001. The models predicting warming have failed, they are not science and those pushing them are not scientists. CO2 is a plant food. Scotland where science and industry once flourished, should be amongst the most vocal against these birdmincers.
38. christopher davis 22 Mar 2015
    It really is pathetic that for the sake of a few individuals and investors, mainly from abroad, making huge profits at our expense, the whole of the Scottish tourist industry is under threat. When will this madness stop?
39. Howard Ferguson 22 Mar 2015
    Some day soon somebody will ask why developers have paid massive subsidies to destroy the scottish landscape
    - put electricity prices up
    - and still fail to save the planet from climate change which is caused by natural occilations in the sun, the solar system , the earth and in the oceans. CO2 contribution to all of this is next to nothing.
40. Nicholas Taylor 22 Mar 2015
    I have seen the views to the north from Sherrifmuir near Dunblane spoiled forever(from A9) --As this constituted the landscape of a large part of my childhood it is a deeply personal objection I hold ---and would not want others to be traumatised in this same way.(for an inefficient energy solution)
41. Michelle Myers 22 Mar 2015
    We spent several years fighting a similar problem to be inflicted on our iconic butte. Element Power pulled out and we hope to get permanent protection.
42. Andrew Shiells 22 Mar 2015
    You would think the SNP would be the party to treasure Scotland's heritage and landscape. Instead they seem to exist just to let mainly foreign speculators turn it into a massive scrapyard. How thick can they be?
43. Dave Gordon 22 Mar 2015
    Scotland's landscapes have been abused for decades, if not centuries. Why does the Scottish Government hate Scotland's landscape so much that it would rather destroy it than heal it?
44. Peter Heaton 22 Mar 2015
    Does anyone want to see the Highlands of Scotland looking like a forest of turbines? There are plenty of other ways of " going green"
45. vivian linacre 22 Mar 2015
    For all windfarm proposals we want not so much a moratorium as a crematorium!
46. Andrew Walker 22 Mar 2015
    You would think by now that the Scottish Government would have see what many other countries have seen & stopped destroying their heritage and areas of outstanding beauty with a fundamentally flawed and not carbon neutral technology. Woefully inefficient. Industrialisation of our natural landscape for an insane pledge of an impossible 100% renewable provision. The only true beneficiaries being the landowners and the subsidised energy companies.
    All in all, an utter disgrace and abomination to be reaped by future generations.
47. Robert Hunter 22 Mar 2015
    We now live in the Scottish Borders, but for 6-years prior to coming here in 2014, we ran a B&B in Invermoriston, by Loch Ness. This experience made it absolutely clear that adding more wind farms in the area will have a seriously detrimental affect on tourism, which, by any measure, the area survives on.
48. David Hinde 22 Mar 2015
    Loch Ness is a very special place that should be preserved in its scebnic beauty without the Intrusion of Monstous wind Turbines,which are fast blighting our Great Island.
49. Jane Brewster 22 Mar 2015
    We live 1000m from turbines we are having to live with their impact and have major concerns about our long term health.How can the SNP govt who claim to be working for Scotland and listening to the Scottish people foist this on our iconic landscapes and hard pressed fuel poor.
    Nicola Sturgeon as health minister did not listen ,John Swinney Chic Brodie, Mike Russell, Pete Wishart and the rest all sidestepped the importance of secure energy supply and a duty of care to rural communities .
    The lifeblood of our homes businesses and economy is too important to be reliant on intermittent wind. Fuel banks will be next scandal.
    It all about money and power nothing green about destroying unique habitats or mincing birds and bats. Despite the rhetoric to win votes fracking will follow and trace the turbines saga.
50. james watt 22 Mar 2015
    Turbines spoil the view, make an uncertain contribution to power supplies and with perhaps even more uncertain environmental credits.
    If renewable power generation is the goal, surely exploitation of the Highlands' ample water supply with an investment in hydro-electricity plant would make much more sense and could result in new tourist attractions as at Pitlochry with its lake and salmon leap than destroying the Great Glen's attraction for tourists.
    Question: who will directly gain from windturbines ? The owners of the ground they stand on ? And how many of them are represented on the Highland Council ?