Plans for the first large-scale wind farms to be built on the Isle of Lewis took a step nearer realisation this week as the Scottish Land Court announced dates for preliminary hearings of the case for the development on crofting land. Developers on both sides of an increasingly bitter legal dispute over who should have the rights to develop the wind farms welcomed the announcement, and both sides will have their cases heard at the Court in Stornoway in December. Lewis Wind Power (LWP), a partnership between multi-national energy company, EDF, and Wood Group, that is working closely with land-owner, The Stornoway Trust, will have its plans before the Scottish Land Court.
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