What more does he want?

Donnie Morrison has got a rather important fact completely wrong: the council did not grant planning permission for the Viking windfarm in December 2010 (Why resign, Bobby?, SN 10/3/13).

That was the job of the Scottish government’s “energy consents unit”.

As Donnie must know, it’s the Scottish government’s planning decision, not the council’s, that’s now subject to a judge’s review in the Court of Session.

His friends in “Sustainable” Shetland must surely have told him this.

What the council did, as a “statutory consultee” (or someone who had to be asked) was decide not to object to the planning application.

At the time, I voted in favour of making a formal objection, as it would have ensured a public inquiry to settle the argument once and for all.

I didn’t think the Viking project had anything to fear from a public inquiry and I still don’t, although it would cost a great deal of money and probably delay the date when local public trust funds start to benefit from the project.

As for Bobby Hunter, it seems to me that he acted entirely properly in resigning from the Windfarm Supporters’ Group after it became clear that there might be a perception of a conflict of interest, in some people’s minds.

What more does Donnie want?

Jonathan Wills
Sundside
Bressay