Borders councillors have cemented their stance against wind turbines being
erected around the region’s highest hills.
Wind Energy Limited wants to erect 22 of the green-energy structures on
land at Earlshaugh in Tweedsmuir.
The second-revised application has seen the proposed development scaled
down in both numbers and height.
But the location doesn’t sit well with members of Scottish Borders Council
who have agreed to oppose the scheme during a meeting this week.
Planning chief Ian Aikman said: “The scheme has come before us on two
previous occasions. The key objections remain – interference with the
skyline and its impact on the surroundings.
“This is an upland area which has a degree of sensitivity.”
The area around Broad Law, Hart Fell and the Devil’s Beeftub is regarded as
amongst the most beautiful in southern Scotland – and is located within the
Tweedsmuir Uplands Special Landscape Area.
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