By Jamie Buchan

A planning application is being drawn up for a major windfarm in east
Perthshire.

Green energy firm ABO Wind UK is poised to table its proposal for the
11-turbine Green Burn development, near Alyth.

It wants to build on 660 acres of sheep-grazing land at Shieldrum Farm,
near Bridge of Cally. If approved, the development would sit next to the
16-turbine Drumberg development, launched by Scottish and Southern Energy
seven years ago.

Members of the council’s development management committee will be asked to
consider a pre-application report on the project next week.

They will be encouraged to raise any issues which may be relevant to the
planning process but are not allowed to comment on the plans.

The 415ft turbines would provide up to 33 megawatts of electricity when
fully operational, ABO Wind said.

The east part of the site is within the Dun Moss and Forest of Alyth Mires,
a conservation zone classed as an official site of special scientific interest.

Around 100 people took part in a series of public consultations on the
development in February. The results are expected to be submitted, along
with a full planning application and environmental impact assessment, this
summer.

Once the paperwork has been lodged, there will be a month-long consultation
exercise before a final decision is made.

A spokeswoman for the developer said: “The proposed Green Burn site has
been identified as being a suitable location for a windfarm due to the
following: good wind resource, the availability of connection to the
national grid and good transport infrastructure around the site.”

She said the site was also within a “broad area of search” for wind energy
schemes identified by Perth and Kinross Council.

If the plans go ahead, the first turbines could be swung into place next
year and the farm could be fully operational by the end of 2017.

ABO Wind said that a community benefit fund could see £165,000 ploughed
into the local area each year.


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