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Shadow of doubt band12/14/2023 NatureScot is again advising against the development. The council approved the earlier plans by 16 to 1 but opposition from NatureScot, a statutory body with responsibility for maintaining SSSIs, caused the proposal to be referred to ministers. The scheme will go before the local planning authority, the Highland council, in early September. Substantial funds would be invested to employ and train staff all year round to restore the environmentally important site.Ĭoul Links on the north-east coast of Sutherland in Scotland is home to wild flowers, rabbits and deer and has been designated a site of special scientific interest. Binding commitments were made to improve what it says is a dune system “degraded” by invasive species growing out of control. This would be for tees and greens, with the fairways in between left as they are now and simply mown. With the pro bono help of eco-experts, C4C created a new proposal to develop just 1.5 hectares at Coul Links (90% less than previously). On a 44% turnout – “which compares favourably with council elections here, and this was a single issue” – just short of seven in 10 voted in favour of a “world-class, environmentally sensitive” golf course on Coul Links. ![]() They ran a crowdfunding campaign to stage a local referendum in June 2021 so people could express their views. He has joined forces with others in the area to set up C4C as a not-for-profit company. The 62-year-old businessman, from a Sutherland family (“hence the name”), has been part of the community all his life.
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