Written Submissions for PE1104  

18 December 2007 :   The Committee agreed to seek responses to the issues raised in the petition from the Scottish Government, Scottish Renewables, Invertebrate Conservation Trust, Scottish Natural Heritage, Macaulay Institute and UHI Millennium Institute. Link to Official Report 18 December 2007 

18 March 2008 :   The Committee agreed to invite the Scottish Government, and in particular its Chief Scientist, to consider whether the relevant Scottish Planning Policy and environmental impact assessment regulations require amendment to ensure that consideration of wind turbine vibration impact is fully considered during each windfarm application and what plans it has to commission detailed research into this matter and the long term impacts of such vibrations. Link to Official Report 18 March 2008 

9 September 2008 :   The Committee agreed to close consideration of the petition on the grounds that the Scottish Government has recently commissioned research into this matter and concluded that vibrations from wind farms do not pose a threat and that sufficient regulation in the form of Environmental Impact Assessments and Environmental Statements already exist to take these matters into account. Link to Official Report 9 September 2008