Members of the North Planning Applications Committee have unanimously agreed to raise an objection to the planned Garvary Wind Farm.
Meeting in Inverness today, councillors decided to heed the recommendation of planners and signal their opposition to the 25-turbine development put forward by developers Coriolis Energy and ESB.
An area of land some 4.5 south of Lairg and 5.5km north of Bonar Bridge has been identified for the scheme.
Councillors were principally concerned about the visual impact of the proposed wind farm and particularly from the Struie View Point – known as the “Millionaire’s View”.
Councillor Maxine Smith, Cromarty Firth Ward said: “It is a massively iconic viewpoint. We take tours there when the cruise ships come in (to Invergordon) and they love it. It would be hugely visually detrimental to the Millionaire’s View to have a wind farm on the horizon”.
Cllr Richard Gale, East Sutherland and Edderton, voiced his concern over the cumulative effect Garvary would have along with other wind farms in the area. https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/this-is-a-development-too-far-councillors-agree-to-object-316266/
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