Tycoon Donald Trump is potentially heading for a new windfarm battle over
seven turbines that will be built in the Carrick area.
The seven turbines are set to be situated six kilometeres south of Girvan
and four kilometeres to the east of Lendalfoot at the Millenderdale wind
farm site.
However, in documents seen by the Carrick Gazette over the visibility of
the 125m turbines, there is clear concern that they could potentially be
visible from Turnberry golf course.
And new owner Donald Trump has made it clear that he is a firm opponent of
wind farm developments across Scotland.
Speaking to the Carrick Gazette he said: “Wind turbines are a terrible
blight, they are an obsolete technology, they require massive subsidies so
your taxes in South Ayrshire would go up to pay for this to survive and oh,
they kill all the birds too.
“My team are looking at this right now and if they conclude that there will
be an impact then we will fight it.
“When I flew into Turnberry the last time I could see how these windfarms
were destroying beautiful farm acres.
“We’re going to bring Turnberry to the highest level it has ever seen and
anything that gets in the way of that vision then of course we will fight it.
“Wind farms are a visual blight across Scotland and if this is going to be
visual to the people in the area, then that is only going to be bad for
tourism.”
However, developers Green Power International say that they have concluded
there will be no significant effects on golfers who play the Turnberry course.
A spokesperson for the developers said: “The closest turbine within the
proposed Millenderdale Wind farm lies just under 15km from the southern end
of the golf courses, so some distance away.
“The detailed landscape and visual assessment, carried out as part of the
detailed Environmental Impact Assessment which accompanies the planning
application, found that views of the proposed turbines would be in the
context of expansive coastal views at distances of between 15 km and 16.6 km.
“Moreover, those views would only consist of 5 upper turbines and 2 turbine
blade tips, not the full extent of all turbines.
“Taking into account the separation distance and the context of those views
the assessment concluded that there would be no significant effects upon
golfers using the courses.”
The developers application was submitted with South Ayrshire Council in
early July and has provoked a huge response on the council’s website.
At the time of writing, the application has received almost 300 comments
relating to it with objections also coming in from south of the border as
well as in the local Carrick area in places like Lendalfoot, Girvan,
Colmonell and Pinwherry.
However, the application has also won support from some residents in the
area so it promises to be a hard fought battle over the next few months.
Representatives from Green Power who attended a meeting of Girvan Community
Council last week say they anticipate a December hearing at the council for
their planning application.
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