Today (31 August 2009), SWT submitted an objection to Perth and Kinross Council in relation to an outline planning application for a development at the Dall Estate, Rannoch.
SWT’s Head of Policy, Tony King said “This planning proposal is ludicrous. It offers no benefit whatsoever to the local community. The Scottish Wildlife Trust believes this development will damage irreparably a hugely important area for Scotland’s natural heritage.
“The environmental assessment included with the proposal is inherently flawed and makes no attempt to give the true impact of the development on protected species in the area such as the red squirrel and the narrow-headed ant. And sadly yet again, we see a developer trying to undermine and disregard legislation put in place to protect our wildlife.
“Perth and Kinross Council have a legal duty to dismiss this application which is in clear breach of section 1 of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Actand to uphold the importance of wildlife above implied but unsubstantiated economic benefit.”
Read the full objection letter