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PE1885: Make offering Community Shared Ownership mandatory for all windfarm development planning proposals

Petition summary

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make Community Shared Ownership a mandatory requirement to be offered as part of all planning proposals for windfarm development.

Petitioner: Karen Murphy

Status: Under consideration

Date published: 22 July 2021

Click here for the full petition


Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration

SPICe briefing (83KB, pdf) posted 20 June 2024


Committee meetings

6 October 2021: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government and to the Scottish Land Fund.

Official Report of Meeting 6 October 2021

2 February 2022: The Committee agreed to invite the relevant Cabinet Secretary to provide evidence. 

Official Report of Meeting 2 February 2022

15 June 2022: The Committee took evidence from Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth, Andy Kinnaird, Head of Transforming Planning, and Neal Rafferty, Senior Adviser, Heat in Buildings Strategy, Scottish Government.

Official Report of Meeting 15 June 2022

29 June 2022: The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth and the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport. 

Official Report of Meeting 29 June 2022

8 February 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, and the Scottish National Investment Bank. 

Official Report of Meeting 08 February 2023

25 October 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Energy and the Environment and the Scottish National Investment Bank. 

Official Report of Meeting 25 October 2023

26 June 2024: The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Energy and the Environment.

Official Report of Meeting 26 June 2024


Written submissions

PE1885/A: Petitioner submission of 10 August 2021 (85KB, pdf) posted 23 March 2023

PE1885/B: Scottish Government submission of 19 August 2021 (62KB, pdf) posted 23 March 2023