The Beauly Denny Public Inquiry started on 6 February 2007.

The Reporters expect the inquiry to follow the programme below:

6 Feb - 30 March 2007: Strategy session - Perth - part 1 (8weeks)

17 April – 11 May 2007: Strategy session – Perth – part 2 (4 weeks)

29 May – 29 June 2007: Inverness session (5 weeks)

28 Aug – 21 Sept 2007: Aviemore session (4 weeks)

16 Oct – 2 Nov 2007: Crieff session. (3 weeks)

20 Nov – 21 Dec 2007: Stirling session. (5 weeks)

The Stirling Public Inquiry started on Tuesday 20th November in the Golden Lion Hotel, 8-10 King Street in the centre of Stirling. It will run Tuesday to Friday starting at 10.00am and finishing at either 4.00pm or 5.00pm until December 20th. This is a Public Inquiry, so anybody can attend and Stirling Before Pylons would really appreciate your support. It is important that the Reporters are made aware of the strength of local opposition to this proposal, so please do come along if you can - even if just for an hour or two.

 Stirling Public Inquiry Timetable

Please note that (from our recent experience in Perth) there is no way of guaranteeing that the timetable will be strictly adhered to -so be prepared for some flexibility. For those with concerns about the health issue, please be aware that the Reporters are extremely reluctant to hear evidence on this topic (and none has been submitted by the Applicants (Scottish & Southern Energy and Scottish Power) for the Stirling session. In the timetable the topic of health comes under the heading of "Communities". Although scientific evidence was raised at the Strategic Public Inquiry in Perth, Stirling Before Pylons is committed to raising public concern on this topic at the Stirling session - this being the most populated section of the route with many homes and institutions threatened by their close proximity to the proposal.

Stirling Before Pylons and Friends of the Ochils have submitted a number of precognition documents to the Stirling Session. These are all available for download from our Precognition Archive.

These precognitions have been produced by Stirling Before Pylons / Friends of the Ochils witnesses. Hard copies of these (and those belonging to the Applicants and other parties) should be available through Stirling Central Library - for ease of public access. All these documents should also be on the www.beaulydenny.co.uk website.

You can view or download our briefing notes from the Public Inquiry Strategy Sessions below:

 Strategy Session Week 1: 6-9 Feb 07
 Strategy Session Week 2: 13-16 Feb 07
 Strategy Session Week 3: 20-23 Feb 07
 Strategy Session Week 4: 27 Feb-2 Mar 07
 Strategy Session Week 5: 6-9 Mar 07

Stirling Before Pylons presented evidence on health impacts of the proposed line. Download the Statement of Case (43kb, pdf file).

Highlands Before Pylons presented evidence on alternatives to an overhead power line. Click here to download (203kb, pdf file).

The Eilean Aigas Estate presented evidence on undergrounding as a principle, cumulative impacts and strategic planning issues, and the need for the line. Click here to download (1MB, pdf file).

Kiltarlity Community Council, Beauly Community Council and Pylon Pressure in association with Communities Against Pylons presented evidence on range of issues.

Cairngorms Revolt Against Pylons presented evidence on undergrounding as a principle, cummulative impact, need for the line, strategic planning issues, and strategic impacts on the National Park.

All of the above Statements of Case were also presented on behalf of the umbrella organisation Scotland Before Pylons.

Visit Scotland presented evidence at the Strategy Session on tourism impacts. Click here to download (698kb, pdf file).

Highland Council, Cairngorms National Park Authority, Perth and Kinross Council, Stirling Council and Falkirk Council presented evidence on a range of issues.

The Beauly Denny Landscape Group which comprises The John Muir Trust, The National Trust for Scotland, The Ramblers Association Scotland, The Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland, Scottish Wild Land Group and The Mountaineering Council of Scotland presented evidence on landscape issues and the need for the line.

Scottish Natural Heritage presented evidence on the route selection process, environmental impact assessment methodology, and impact to natural heritage interests.

Download the applicants’ (the power companies') statement of case: Applicants Statement of Case (1MB, pdf file).