An application to erect 27 wind turbines in New Cumnock has been passed to
the Scottish Government after the developer failed to include a full study
on the impact it would have.
E.ON UK Renewables submitted the application to the East Ayrshire Planning
Committee at a meeting on Friday to build the wind farm near Afton
Reservoir, New Cumnock.
Councillors objected to the fact that there was no cumulative impact study
submitted with the application.
E.ON submitted two documents, an updated planning statement and a report on
the visual impacts the turbines would have. However, neither document gave
information on the position of existing wind farms, those currently in the
application process and other landscape factors, such as unrestored
opencast sites, in relation to the newly proposed one.
Councillor Billy Crawford said: “I spoke up because there were various
conditions that the developer simply hadn’t met.
“They hadn’t done a cumulative impact study on the site and that’s why it
is on hold whilst being referred to the Scottish Government.”
A copy of the report will be sent to Scottish Ministers and should they
decide to approve the application then EAC recommends that E.ON enters
negotiations in relation to planning conditions.
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