Campaigners urge Perth and Kinross Council to reject major windfarm plan – Courier

By Paul Reoch

Councillors will decide the fate of a proposed windfarm that could dominate
part of the Perthshire skyline.

Scores of objections have been sent to Perth and Kinross Council regarding
the planned energy facility, which would see 17 turbines built near
Butterstone.

Scottish Natural Heritage, the Mountaineering Council of Scotland and
Scottish Rights of Way have all opposed the plan, with the Scottish
Wildlife Trust of Scotland expressing concerns over the potential impact it
might have on various forms of wildlife, including ospreys and short-eared
owls.

Nick Brian, Perth and Kinross Council’s development quality manager, is
recommending refusal of the plan, and has stated the “magnitude” of the
adverse effects associated with the windfarm are “significant and
environmentally unacceptable.”

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