Your valley. Your voice.
A community campaign asking for proper scrutiny of SSEN Transmission's proposed Strathbogie Hub —
covering the fairness of the site-selection process, 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.
SSEN has told Scotland what Pathway to 2030 may add. We are asking what it may cost.
The reviewed 28 July working draft strengthens source control, evidence labels, wildfire and climate-adaptation scrutiny, emergency-resilience questions, conditional BESS handling and mitigation-status tracking.
A benefits ledger is not a balance sheet.
Phase 2 — Scrutiny and evidence
The first Strathbogie Hub feedback deadline has passed. The scrutiny has not, and other consultation windows are now live.
Please read our Community Code of Conduct before commenting, sharing evidence or contacting public bodies on behalf of the campaign.
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.
The evidence, safeguards, scale and process must all stand up to scrutiny — and local people must be 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.
We are not asking for harm to be moved from one farming family or community to another. We are asking for a fair, transparent, evidence-led process before any preferred site is selected.
Assess the combined impact of relevant overlapping pressures on the Deveron Valley together — not each project in isolation, one at a time.
Publish the full connected infrastructure picture, explain the comparison of all shortlisted sites, and give communities a meaningful opportunity to respond before any preferred site is selected.
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 first Strathbogie Hub feedback deadline has passed. The evidence record is still growing, and current deadlines are listed on the Updates page.
Add your name, then check your email if Change.org asks you to verify your signature.
More than 850 verified signatures — help us reach 1,000.
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Send photographs, road knowledge, flooding history, land notices, river knowledge, historic-place information or other details decision-makers may miss.
Do not post exact sensitive wildlife, archaeology or private-water locations publicly.
Open Community Evidence ToolsSeveral consultation and formal-response windows are live. Use the exact project reference and official route, and keep a dated copy of what you send.
Open Updates and DeadlinesPlanning, pollution, wildlife, enforcement and formal consent questions may belong with different organisations.
Open Who Decides What? Open Who to ContactUnderstand: Start Here · What We Know · Full Impact Ledger
Act: Petition · What Happens Next · Who Decides What?
Share evidence: Community Evidence Tools · Who to Contact · Code of Conduct
Prepare: Rural resilience for fire, severe weather and service disruption
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.
Mailing list and newsletter coming soon.
We are building the system carefully. The sign-up form will be added only after consent, confirmation, delivery, privacy and unsubscribe have been fully tested. There is no newsletter sign-up form on the website yet.
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One current page now holds the consultation dates and formal-response windows.
Open the official source immediately before travelling or submitting. Dates and procedures can change, and social-media comments do not automatically enter a formal case record.
Open Updates and Deadlines See Project OverviewWe 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, future email sign-up, witness statements, photographs, and community evidence. Data controller: Save the Deveron Valley / Jean D Reid.
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