Say No to Scout Moor 2 Wind Farm on Rooley Moor'

13/10/2026

Let’s just remind ourselves of the damage already cause on our peatland moorlands by the developers when they erected the met mast!

13/10/2026

13/10/2026

🚨 IF YOU BELIEVE OUR MOORS SHOULD BE PROTECTED, THIS PAGE IS FOR YOU. 🚨

If you believe destroying our climate-superhero peat with wind turbines is not saving the planet, you’re in the right place.

If you believe wind farms owned by foreign investors are not the same thing as genuine energy security or homegrown energy, you’re in the right place.

And if you believe Scout Moor 2 is about profit, not protecting our environment, then we need you to stand with us.

Here are just some of the reasons we believe this development is wrong:

🌱 PEAT IS A CLIMATE SUPERHERO
Our peatlands store carbon and play a vital role in our climate. They should be restored and protected — not destroyed by turbine bases, access tracks and cables.

💷 PROFIT, NOT ENERGY SECURITY
This development is backed by a Canadian pension fund. So is it more about financial return, not securing our local energy future.

🏔️ IT’S ROOLEY MOOR — NOT SCOUT MOOR
This proposed development is on Rooley Moor, an area with its own important landscape and heritage. Its impact must not be brushed aside as simply “more of Scout Moor.”

🦅 OUR WILDLIFE DESERVES BETTER
Endangered and vulnerable species live on our moors. We have already seen wildlife disappear from areas affected by Scout Moor 1. We cannot simply stand by and watch Rooley Moor suffer the same fate.

This isn’t just about turbines.

It’s about peat. Wildlife. Heritage. Landscape. Climate. And who gets to profit from our countryside.

📢 IF YOU AGREE, MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.

Submit an objection through the Rochdale and Rossendale planning portals.

https://saynotoscoutmoor2.org.uk/template-objection-letter/

And if you need help making an objection, contact our team — we’ll be happy to help.

🌿 Protect Rooley Moor. Protect our peat. Protect our wildlife.
✊ Our moors. Our voice. Our future

09/10/2026

06/10/2026

We need your support to help say NO to Scout Moor II.

This important campaign is about protecting our landscape, wildlife and communities from a proposed wind farm development on Rooley Moor.

Please read, share and, if you can, get involved:

Please help us to protect Rooley Moor and the historic Cotton Famine Road. Please donate to our campaign today using our Crowdfunded page.

05/10/2026

𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐍𝐎 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐑 𝟐 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐌 (𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐘 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐑)
Cubico have now produced yet another update to their planning application to build a wind farm on Rooley Moor, this time with 12 turbines, but still up to 180 M high. Whilst this further application attempts to appease the objections, unfortunately it will still bring peat devastation, habitat destruction, noise issues, visual impact and potential increase in flooding, with Whitworth in particular reaping most of the latter problems. And now they are proposing to dig up thousands of cubic metres of peat to make way for cable trenches across the moors!
The documents supplied by Cubico are numerous, complex and run into thousands of pages. Please take time to look at some, if not all, the comments instead, to get a greater understanding of the issues this development could bring. Check out our web site for further information https://saynotoscoutmoor2.org.uk/
Please consider making your thoughts on this development known, by making a comment on the planning application 2025/0267 to
James Dalgleish, Principal Planning Officer
Rossendale Borough Council
The Business Centre, Futures Park
Bacup OL13 0BB
[email protected]
We have less than 30 days to submit comments, don’t delay and miss the opportunity to have your say!
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