Your valley. Your voice.
A community campaign asking for proper scrutiny of SSEN Transmission's proposed Strathbogie Hub —
including Site 14 Rivestone, Site 6, local roads, farming, wildlife, water, landscape,
and the cumulative impact of several overlapping pressures on one valley.
Local knowledge matters. Written responses help make sure it becomes part of the record.
We are a community campaign based in the Deveron Valley, Aberdeenshire. We exist because the valley is facing several overlapping industrial, infrastructure and development pressures — and local people have not yet been shown a joined-up assessment of how these pressures interact.
We are asking one straightforward question: who is responsible for assessing the whole picture?
"I don't know what to do, and nobody is listening."
↓"I understand what's happening, I know how to respond, and my local knowledge is part of the record."
Save the Deveron Valley is not anti-renewables, and we are not opposed to the electricity grid being improved where genuinely needed.
We are asking whether the right site, the right route, the right scale, and the right assessment process are being used — and whether local people have been given enough clear information to participate meaningfully before decisions are made.
We are also asking whether lower-impact alternatives — including existing corridors, underground options, subsea routes, storage, demand reduction, and whole-system planning — have been properly assessed and explained to the public.
Assess the combined impact of relevant overlapping pressures on the Deveron Valley together — not each project in isolation, one at a time.
Explain the full infrastructure chain: Site 14, Site 6, the Strathbogie Hub, cable routes, landfall options, overhead line connections, and any related routing implications — before the feedback deadline.
Ensure protected habitats, priority species, river ecology and sensitive conservation information are assessed properly through appropriate statutory and specialist channels.
Assess whether rural roads, bridges, school routes, farm access routes and emergency access can safely carry the construction and operational traffic proposed — across all developments, not just one.
Give local people enough information, time, and follow-up answers to respond properly before any site selection decision is made. Asking for feedback before key assessments exist is not meaningful participation.
The current SSEN feedback deadline is Friday 26 June 2026. Every written response helps place community concerns on the formal record — even a short, honest message in your own words counts.
Go to SSEN's Strathbogie Hub feedback form. Answer the four questions honestly. Even selecting "Unsure" and writing a short comment in your own words is valuable.
Open SSEN Feedback Form ↗You can also email your concerns directly.
SSEN project inbox: ShetlandEngagement@sse.com
Community liaison: gordon.bell2@sse.com
Aberdeenshire Council Planning: planning@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Moray Council Planning: development.control@moray.gov.uk
Scottish Government ministers and local MSPs have been formally contacted. Your own letter — in your own words — matters too.
Find your MSP at parliament.scot
Whether you attended an SSEN session, live nearby, use the roads, farm the land, care about wildlife, know the river, walk the area, run a local business, or simply love this place — your experience helps build a clearer community record.
Campaign email updates are coming very soon — including action reminders, plain-English summaries, response guidance, and next steps after the SSEN deadline.
In the meantime, follow us on Facebook for daily updates:
Follow @SaveTheDeveron on Facebook ↗You can also reach us at hello@savethedeveron.org
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SSEN has advised the campaign that some requested information may not yet be available at this early stage. That makes written feedback even more important — so that the absence of available information is also placed formally on the record.
Respond to SSEN Now ↗We will use your information only for Save the Deveron Valley campaign communication, evidence gathering, consultation updates and related community action.
We will not publish your personal contact details. Survey responses may be summarised or quoted anonymously unless you give explicit permission otherwise.
We take privacy seriously because this campaign may involve local concerns, planning matters, environmental evidence, and people who may not feel safe speaking publicly.
Our full Privacy Policy covers how we collect, use, store and protect your information — including survey responses, email sign-up, witness statements, photographs, and community evidence. Data controller: Save the Deveron Valley / Jean D Reid.
For privacy questions or data requests, please contact us at hello@savethedeveron.org or via the Save the Deveron Valley Facebook page. The full Privacy Policy is available on request.