The backers of a proposed windfarm in one of the region’s most scenic areas
have lodged an appeal against the council’s refusal of planning permission.
In August, Dumfries and Galloway Council knocked back plans to erect ten
400 foot-high turbines at Longburn, near Carsphain.
But now an appeal has been lodged with the Scottish Government by ERG and
its development partner Burcote Wind.
The firms are arguing that the council did not act reasonably in refusing
the windfarm’s building on the grounds it would soil some of Scotland’s
finest scenery, citing the lack of objections from statutory bodies such as
SEPA and Historic Environment Scotland.
The developers have argued that “clean power” considerations apart,
payments of “community benefits” to the locality would amount to £115,000
per year, totalling almost £3m during the windfarm’s lifetime.
The appeal could lead to a Scottish Government Public Inquiry at which
evidence would be heard from both developers and local objectors.
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