Application seeks complete demolition of Anstruther RNLI station

Clackmannanshire Council’s planning committee formally objected on 15 January 2026 to the Windburn Wind Farm proposal, citing harm to the Ochil Hills landscape and views from the settled lowlands to the south.

The Section 36 application describes up to 13 turbines, 35 MW of battery energy storage and associated infrastructure. The proposed site straddles Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross. A council report says its generating capacity exceeds 50 MW, so Scottish Ministers consider the consent application. It identifies Perth and Kinross Council as the other relevant authority, with a separate response to follow.

In setting out the objection, the committee said the turbines would introduce large structures and moving blades onto the Ochils’ otherwise uninterrupted main scarp skyline, harming the Ochils Special Landscape Area. Its report also cites views from Ben Cleuch and walking routes near The Law, Ben Ever and The Nebit, which it says currently have no turbine visibility, as well as cumulative effects with existing wind farms.

The Clackmannanshire portal records the consultation response as decided on 15 January and displays the application status as “Unknown”. That is the council’s statutory-consultee response; the council record reviewed here does not give a Scottish Ministers consent outcome for the wind farm.

Clackmannanshire objects to Windburn wind farm over Ochils skyline

Proposed complete demolition of the RNLI lifeboat station within Anstruther Conservation Area.

Complete Demolition in a Conservation Area

A Fife Council application seeks the complete demolition of the RNLI lifeboat station on Anstruther Harbour's East Shore.

The council describes the proposal as “Complete Demolition in a Conservation Area”. Its live summary records the application as received on 9 September 2026 and validated on 23 September. The status remains Registered, with no decision shown.

The application summary lists 36 associated documents.

A non-material variation application at 19 Canning Street, Edinburgh, proposes a revised package of office, storage and rooftop changes. The council portal lists 26/00905/VARY as validated on 28 September 2026 and Awaiting Assessment.

The description says “Office Extension Omitted.” It keeps cycle store A, omits store B, and moves new cycle and bin storage into the undercroft. It also lists a concertina security gate in the rear courtyard, changes to entrance doors, solid spandrel panels replacing glazed panels on the sixth-floor roof pavilion, an extended terrace-access ramp and a higher south-façade terrace railing. Trees and fixed seating would be concentrated at “key nodes,” according to the summary.

The application has not been determined; the listed changes remain proposals.

View the full application record