Verified fact
Official documents, published reports, direct correspondence or clearly evidenced material.
These tools are not anti-renewables and not anti-grid.
They are about fair process, proper assessment, clear information and meaningful public participation.
The whole picture should not have to be guessed from fragments.
Please read our Community Code of Conduct before commenting, sharing evidence or contacting public bodies on behalf of the campaign.
What these tools are for
These tools are designed to help communities:
- understand what is being proposed;
- track what is confirmed and what still needs checked;
- ask stronger questions;
- organise local knowledge into usable evidence;
- build the public record before decisions harden.
How we label information
We use four simple evidence labels throughout this work.
Reported local concern
Local testimony, observation or public reports which may still need checking.
Pattern evidence
Relevant examples from elsewhere which help communities ask better questions, but do not prove the same thing will happen here.
Question for authorities
Important matters requiring written clarification from decision-makers, developers or public bodies.
Community Evidence Tools
What We Know / What We Are Checking / What We Are Asking
A public credibility page separating confirmed facts, active checks and formal questions.
Strategic Dependency Watch
Tracking the relationship between the Beauly–Blackhillock–New Deer–Peterhead 400kV overhead line and the proposed Strathbogie Hub.
Community Shadow EIA / Pre-Selection Scoping Report
A community-led framework for what should be assessed before any preferred site is selected.
Commenting on Linked or Non-Local Projects
A plain-English guide for responding honestly and usefully when a project is not on your doorstep, but may still be connected to your community through wider infrastructure, cumulative impact or public interest.
BESS and Associated Infrastructure Checklist
Questions on battery storage, private wire, associated development, fire safety, traffic, water, commercial purpose and cumulative impacts.
Survey Access Notices Guide
Calm, practical guidance on how to respond if landowners, occupiers or residents receive survey-related notices or requests.
Electricity Law for the Future, Not the Past
A plain-English public-interest page asking whether the legal framework is keeping pace with modern energy infrastructure.
Environmental Information Request Pack
Template requests and guidance for seeking recorded information from public authorities.
Petition and Community Action
Ways to support the campaign and help grow the public record.
Who Decides What?
A plain-English guide to who proposes, examines, advises, regulates and decides.
Roads, Bridges and Construction Traffic
Test routes, structures, vehicle assumptions and emergency access in real rural conditions.
Archaeology and Historic Landscape
Notice designated and undesignated heritage, setting, place names and local knowledge.
River, Water and Private Supplies
Follow runoff, groundwater, drainage and private supplies across the whole catchment.
Rural Resilience
Practical preparation for wildfire, severe weather, power cuts, water interruption and blocked roads.
Downloads and newsletter coming soon
More downloadable tools are being prepared. The Save the Deveron mailing list and newsletter are also coming soon, but no sign-up form is active yet.
Planned downloads include:
- Community Shadow EIA outline;
- Whole-System Feedback / Commenting on Linked Projects guide;
- BESS and Associated Infrastructure Checklist;
- Survey Access Notices Guide;
- Environmental Information Request starter pack.
The sign-up form will be added only after consent, confirmation, delivery, privacy and unsubscribe have been fully tested. Until then, use the website, Facebook or Instagram for current public updates.
Support the petition
If you agree that the Deveron Valley deserves fair process, cumulative assessment and meaningful participation, please support and share our petition.
Communities are not obstacles to the transition. They are where the transition lands.
Save the Deveron Valley is asking whether the system delivering this infrastructure is fair, modern, transparent, cumulative, future-proof and worthy of public trust.
The Deveron Valley is a living landscape, not spare land.
Power should serve life. Not the other way round.