Flow Country World Heritage Site
In July 2024, UNESCO inscribed The Flow Country as a World Heritage Site, marking the site as globally significant, as important as the Great Barrier Reef or the Serengeti and worthy of protection and restoration.
The planning position statement sets out the council’s position with regards to proposed developments within the site. The need for this guidance stems from the lack of precedent, with no site in Scotland previously nominated for wholly natural World Heritage criteria, nor one in a location where there is significant development pressure, specifically from onshore wind energy and electricity.