DEVELOPERS behind a controversial wind farm refused permission by ministers last year have scaled down their plans drastically and re-submitted them for planning approval.
The original proposal was for 30 turbines near the village of Spittal in Caithness, but the new proposal is for just seven in the area.
Local opponents say it is still too many as the county already has 100 large turbines, with far more to come. At least one has not operated at times because the grid could not absorb all the energy generated.
Spittal Hill Wind Farm became the first to be refused by the Scottish Government for five years, with Energy Minister Fergus Ewing saying in June last year the cumulative visual effect of the original plan, considered with existing and consented farms nearby, was too much.
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