Orkney islands
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17.03.2021Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | Economic Growth | growth deal | Infrastructure - Energy | net zero | Orkney islands | renewable energy | Scotland | ShetlandThe heads of terms agreement for the Islands Growth Deal has been signed, a pact that is expected to create up to 1,300 jobs.
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12.02.2020Climate Change | European Marine Energy Centre | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Transport | Orkney islands | Regeneration | Scotland | stromnessIn Orkney, a collection of islands just off the north-east coast of Great Britain, the sea is an inescapable fact of life that shapes almost every aspect of island activity.
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11.10.2019Demographics & Population Growth | National Islands Plan | Orkney islands | Policy & Politics | Scotland | ShetlandA first-ever National Islands Plan setting out the priorities for helping Scotland’s islands has been published for consideration by the Scottish Parliament.
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19.09.2019
Energy regulator Ofgem has granted power network company SSEN Transmission the go-ahead to its plan for a 220-megawatt transmission link from the Orkney Islands to the Scottish mainland in Caithness.
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14.06.2019A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 8 June-14 June, 2019
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26.04.2019Business & Enterprise | Community Infrastructure | golf | Green Belt | Heritage | Infrastructure - Energy | Infrastructure - Transport | Leisure & Tourism | listed building | mothballing | Orkney islands | planning conditions | Planning Law | pubs | UKA round-up of planning appeals: 20 April-26 April, 2019
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26.04.2019electricity | Infrastructure - Transport | interconnector | Orkney islands | Rural | Scotland | wind farmA reporter has overturned Orkney Council’s decision to block plans for two wind farms on the island, citing their contribution towards the case for a new electricity interconnector link to mainland Scotland...
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19.10.2018affordable housing | Cairngorms National Park | Edinburgh | glasgow | Orkney islands | Regeneration | Scotland
A round-up of planning news in Scotland: 13 October-19 October, 2018
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13.07.2018New legislation has been enacted which will confer greater powers to island councils, including Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles.
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25.06.2018Community Engagement | Orkney islands | planning case study | Regeneration | RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence | Scotland | stromnessA 10-year, community-driven regeneration of an overlooked town in the Orkney Islands won this year’s...
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