SCOTTISH Energy Minister Fergus Ewing today refused planning consent for a controversial 23-turbine wind farm between Kiltarlity and Drumnadrochit.
The decision on Tuesday has been welcomed by anti-windfarm campaigners who say if the proposed turbine at Blairmore Forest had gone through it would have set a “terrifying president”.
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