
April 7, 2025
No pylons at Loch Brora
Hazel Calltainn
Helmsdale
This is a wildlife area and there should never be pylons....
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April 7, 2025
Been coming for 60 yrs and this would be a crime
Rob
Brora
I cannot even believe that this is being thought of...
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March 27, 2025
Please just DON'T
Joan Grant
Balintore
If pylons were the only option ..........but there are alternatives - underground & subsea...
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March 27, 2025
Against the pylons
Annette Borresen
Brora Village
Against the pylons as it is ruins the lovely scenery...
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March 24, 2025
What would the world be, once bereft, Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left.
Chris Porteous
Prestatyn
I'd say "Corporate Desecration of a Timeless Landscape", but...
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March 19, 2025
The Clearances Part Two
Peter Burd
Brora
It's the Clearances all over again...
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March 14, 2025
Iniquity
Reed
Upper Lybster
Sunny summer afternoons in the '50's used to mean picnics at Loch Brora...
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March 12, 2025
UNACCEPTABLE
Sarah Acland
Badnellan
The sensitive nature of this beauty spot and the enjoyment so many people derive...
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March 12, 2025
No to these monstrosities
John Robertson
Cairnie
The general public have no ideal of the actual size of these pylons...
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March 11, 2025
Objection
James Hardie
Edinburgh
I have been a resident of Brora twice in the last 60 years and hope to be again...
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March 11, 2025
Bury them
EC
Doll
People in rural Scotland already pay MORE for electricity that is generated in our local area ...
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March 10, 2025
Please do not destroy our beautiful Loch Brora
Diane Mackay
Doll, Brora
Please do not destroy the amazing area that is Loch Brora and Carrol Rock...
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March 10, 2025
Sub sea cable, why not ?
Sandy Christie
Dunnet
Bury as you...Bury as you are going to dig up the countryside
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March 9, 2025
Strath Brora is a lung to weary travellers.
Michael Milford
Dornoch
The thought of Pylons in STRATH BRORA and cables crossing the loch breaks my heart...
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March 7, 2025
Ooh my heart
Sally Ross
Georgia, USA
August 2025 will be my 15th year returning to Brora...
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March 7, 2025
Bury them
Hugh Mackay
Portskerra
It is hard to imagine that the pylons will provide a major catalyst for the Brora economy...
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March 7, 2025
Unbelievably outrageous.
Kate Longworth
Callander
I have previously spent much time in this beautiful area...
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March 7, 2025
How can this possibly be considered the best route?
A G McGill
Dornoch
Presumably this route only comes out as ‘best’ in terms of finance...
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March 7, 2025
Leave the land alone
Nicola harrison
Golspie
This area is beautiful, peaceful and used by the locals and visited by people far and wide...
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March 7, 2025
Bullying at its best
Ed Howden
Invershin, Sutherland
It's about time you started listening to those being visually and physically impacted.
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March 7, 2025
Against the pylons
Stephen Cameron
Nairn
Totally unacceptable...why do you not bury the cables as they do in England
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March 7, 2025
SSEN and the Government are liars
John Waggott
Brora
They keep saying this is the only viable alternative , that is a LIE. ...
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March 7, 2025
Against the pylons
Donna Cameron
Nairn
Totally unacceptable that this planned route for pylons was even considered...
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March 7, 2025
How do we value Loch Brora and Carrol Rock
Roy Cunningham
Brora
Loch Brora has shaped who l am. As it has for generations before me, and should do for generations..
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March 7, 2025
Just no!
Callum Murray
Cawdor
Don’t agree with cheapest option. Dig a tunnel and/or subsea.
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March 7, 2025
No local powers
David Curran
Brora
We all understand the need for national infrastructure. There is a greater need...
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March 7, 2025
A blight on a stunning lanscape
JAMES STEWART-RICHARDSON
Rogart
A very sad day if these pylons are approved...
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March 6, 2025
Unacceptable and undemocratic
Martin and Mary Ann Janson
Brora
I echo all the other comments here and am totally against the pylons going through Loch Brora or...
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March 6, 2025
Loss of unique amenity
R.C. Speirs
Birmingham
Loch Brora is an area of outstanding natural beauty. Unusually for such areas...
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March 6, 2025
Scarring my favourite place on earth!
Andy Imray
Ellon
I have visited Brora all my life, which now has reached 58 years. I have been a member of the Loch..
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March 6, 2025
: No more SSEN
David
Brora
Once again the corupt ,greedy destroyers of the Higland region are again trying to detroy our eautif
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March 6, 2025
NO! NO! No!
K Cunningham
Village
Potential to totally ruin an iconic view...
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March 6, 2025
This happened in North Wales
Peter Ellard
North Wales Meliden
This may seem strange that a gentleman from North Wales is writing on this forum...let me explain???
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March 4, 2025
VANDALISM OF THE HIGHEST ORDER
Floss Ross
Brora
I hate to start on a negative note but I fear we are dealing with people who have no connection...
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March 3, 2025
Vandalism
G Scargall
Kintradwell
Sheer vandalism to destroy one of the most iconic views in Sutherland.
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March 1, 2025
Against the pylons crossing Loch Brora
Ronnie McGrath
Golspie
I am against the pylons crossing Loch Brora....
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February 26, 2025
A Highland Energy Farm?
B.Iglich
Gartymore
The Highlands, are being planned as an energy farm for the rest of the UK...
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February 26, 2025
tragic and avoidable planning decision
Charles Wilson
Midmar
I am from Brora originally and, now resident in Aberdeenshire...
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February 26, 2025
No the the pylons
Colleen rai
Mid Clyth
We already have more than our fair share of pylons and wind farms up here...
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February 18, 2025
No Need
Kathrin Haltiner
Halkirk
The proposed pylon line and substations are grossly out of proportion....
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February 16, 2025
NO to the pylons
Fiona Kelly
Inverness/Brora
We think it would be a travesty to see pylons erected at Loch Brora. It is a place of beauty....
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February 10, 2025
We are being lied to.
Susan Steele
Hawick
Energy companies and our Government are out of control...
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February 2, 2025
Filthy multinational corporate business.
Jack Kidd
Brora
Net Zero is a globalist scam that multinational companies are using to destroy the Strath...
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February 1, 2025
Save our heritage
Wendy Pearce
Brora
Please don't destroy our land...
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February 1, 2025
MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN!
Ian Kennedy
Brora
I recently visited the Louvre in Paris....
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February 1, 2025
Against pylons
MacBeath
Doll
I do not want pylons spoiling this beautiful part of our county.
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February 1, 2025
Preservation
Anne Stone
Brora
e should preserve our natural habitat...
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February 1, 2025
Hide the power lines
Ian Sutherland
Golspie
I have no objection to renewables, but...
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February 1, 2025
No to the pylons!
Kenneth MacLeod
Kilwinning
Although I have now moved ....
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February 1, 2025
No to greedy power companies
Martin Miller
Brora
Why we letting them destroy our country side while they rip us all off. Weren't we already pro.ised
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February 1, 2025
Unnecessary vandalism
Jenny
Brora
This project is unnecessary...
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February 1, 2025
Abhorrent
Anon
Brora
Yet again we see the big money moguls taking it upon themselves...
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February 1, 2025
My place of Peace and Beauty
June Lawson
Brora
Please please do not spoil this wonderful iconic view...
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January 31, 2025
I have a gorgeous view of Carrol rock from our Croft and in house out windows
Pearl Johnstone
Doll, Brora
Everyone that comes to our Croft is always admiring the view...
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January 29, 2025
Nothing short of Criminal
Caraid Nadair
Brora
Last year early one morning I went for a walk just before sunrise. The last few....
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January 9, 2025
Stop the pylons
Kenneth Mcarthur
Brora
No more pylons or windfarms or any other blot on the landscape...
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January 6, 2025
Permanent destruction for short term gain
Helen Milford
Dornoch
The fortress on Loch Carrol is an ancient monument...
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December 31, 2024
Save the Planet by destroying our Landscape
Dinnes McArthur
Gartymore
The grid unlocked will provide energy from the Highlands, throughout UK and onwards...
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December 31, 2024
STOP ! This is a beautiful location !
Ken MacLeod
Kilwinning
Although not living in Brora now I spent my youth rowing...
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December 31, 2024
No pylons should be laid across or anywhere near Loch Brora and/or Carrol Rock. They would spoil the landscape
Hazel Alderson
Brora
There is no requirement locally for such an eyesore...
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December 28, 2024
Ugly
Guy Milford
Erskine
These things are horrible. Put the cables underground.
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December 26, 2024
Outstanding Beauty
David Lamburn
Brora
My phone is full of photos of Carrol Rock taken over the years...
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December 21, 2024
Unacceptable
Trish Weekes
Dornoch
As a previous resident of Brora, I can’t imagine...
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December 21, 2024
Everybody agrees that we must limit global warming.
David Coghill
Aberdeen
What evidence has been provided...
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December 20, 2024
Completely unacceptable
Sue Steven
Berriedale
Hello, I am totally opposed to this proposed monstrous and completely unacceptable....
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December 19, 2024
Hindsight is a wonderful thing
Fran Smee
Brora
This action will make no difference in real terms to our climate but will make a huge difference...
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December 19, 2024
Third World
F G Ramsay
Brora
If you, as a huge, powerful and rich company cannot come up with a more efficient solution...
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December 19, 2024
Underground
Caroline
Rogart
This is the most beautiful spot at Loch Brora. The line needs to be put underground....
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December 19, 2024
Disgraceful
David
Berriedale
The behaviour off SSEN in the Highlands is appalling....
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December 19, 2024
Destroying our beautiful landscape
Dawn Powell
Village
I have spent most of my working life promoting our beautiful scenery...
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December 18, 2024
People before Pylons
Karen Cantell
Strathpeffer
The plain truth is, we as a country will not reach the net zero targets proposed....
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December 18, 2024
NO to pylons
W.M. Ballantyne
Brora
These guys think they can ride roughshod over us. They...
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December 18, 2024
What on earth are we doing to our land?
Ann Robertson
Brora
Our only real industry here in Clyne Parish is tourism. Do SSEN care? Not a jot...
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December 17, 2024
Jiggery-Pokery!
David Booth
Latheron
Recently I visited one of the power companies presentation...
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December 16, 2024
Keep our scenic views
Jim hughes
Rogart
Our area and surrounding areas are places of beauty that we and others enjoy.
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December 16, 2024
No to these eyesore pylons.
Sandy Wilson
Oldtown ( front of carrol rock)
Why do ssen want to destroy the beauty of the landscape...
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December 16, 2024
NO NO NO!!!
Lewis
Brora
Pylons will be a blight on the beautiful and natural views...
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December 13, 2024
A truly shocking plan
Caroline Seymour
Brora
A truly shocking plan to rape this beautiful place of peace and tranquility...
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December 13, 2024
Stop ruining nature
Niamh
Brora
The loch is a local beauty spot, it's gorgeous and unspoilt. The area is not ...
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December 13, 2024
Like pylons through Yosemite.
Niall Buchanan
GOLSPIE
I've been visiting Loch Brora to recharge my spirits all my life. The view to Carrol Rock...
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December 13, 2024
Yet another Highland Lament
Stephen Price
Brora
I get the impression that the Highlands are being converted into one vast power station...
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December 12, 2024
The Highlands as an energy battery for the south
Bernadette Iglich
Helmsdale
Successive governments tout themselves as working to reduce our negative effect on climate change...
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December 12, 2024
This is just madness
Brian Wade
Stonehaven Aberdeenshire
In Aberdeenshire we are busy fighting similar plans to destroy the environment...
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December 12, 2024
Faux Green Fools Gold Rush
Kate Matthews
Laurencekirk
We’re paying for “the economic opportunity of our time” with our homes and livelihoods....
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December 12, 2024
Supporting Green Energy: Balancing Sustainable Progress with Environmental Integrity and Community Interests
Ruwan Uduwerage-Perera
"Ascoile, Gordonbush"
As Sir David Attenborough states: “Scotland is a wonderfully fascinating place for wildlife and...
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December 12, 2024
Overloaded with power projects
June Morrison
Inverurie
As a small Rural hamlet in Aberdeenshire Leylodge is being bombarded with 10 energy projects...
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December 12, 2024
Hands off Loch Brora
Steven Lucas
Golspie
Loch Brora is beautiful the way it is. They should not be considering spoiling it with pylons....
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December 11, 2024
Not in favour
George c. McGowan
Golspie
I am generally in favour of renewables & windfarms but....
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December 11, 2024
A true cancer risk
Michele
Ardgay
Pylons give off EMF (Electro Magnetic Frequency). This is harmfu...
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December 11, 2024
Loch Brora and Carol Rock is a view too beautiful to lose
Betty
Helmsdale
The loss of the Highlands iconic scenery, due to the scale....
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December 11, 2024
Would they do this in the Lake district over Buttermere or Windermere!?
Karen McGowan
Golspie
Too much of our glorious landscape is being ruined by huge pylons....
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December 11, 2024
Egregious vandalism
Liz Scargall
Brora
Not only is this proposal an act of vandalism.....
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December 9, 2024
Don't destroy our vanishing Highland wilderness
Fiona Docherty
Brora
Sutherland is one of the last great wildernesses of Europe....
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December 9, 2024
Progress at the price of people
Rhionna Mackay
Brora
Carrol Rock is a special place for many people. It's a Monday evening in May...
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December 9, 2024
Blot on the landscape
Aleta Shaw
Inverness
I was born in Brora and regularly visited Gordonbush and marvelled at the view of Loch Brora...
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December 9, 2024
Wrong type of generating in the wrong place
Joan Baxter
"Doll, Brora"
This is my landscape, our wild landscape and it is being destroyed...
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December 9, 2024
Heartbreaking
Elizabeth Little
Isle of Lewis
The wanton destruction of landscape, wildlife, ecology...
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December 9, 2024
Bury the bloody things or lay them out to sea!
Kevin Wheeler
Ardgay
The industrialisation of the Highlands in the pursuit of Net Zero is a travesty...
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December 9, 2024
The need for pylons
John McGavin
Ardgay
I object to pylons going anywhere as there is an underground...
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