SR NPF4 SUPPLEMENTARY POSITION STATEMENT - SPATIAL PLANNING FOR ONSHORE WIND

This document sets out Scottish Renewables members’ views on what will need to be included in National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) to deliver the level of renewable energy technology deployment needed to meet Scotland’s Climate Change commitments and achieve net-zero by 2045.

 Scottish Renewables believes that allowing developers to ensure that the most efficient and suitable sites are chosen for onshore wind development through well-established criteria will be much more successful than a spatial planning approach in meeting our targets.

This paper should be read with the SR NPF4 Supplementary Position Paper on Landscape Capacity/Sensitivity Studies.