Caithness wind farm set to run for 50 years if Highland Council approves application – John O Groat Journal

A CAITHNESS wind farm’s operational life looks set to double to 50 years after a planning application was recommended for approval.

The owners of Wathegar Wind Farm near Bilbster have sought to vary the existing planning permission for the five turbine site.

It currently has permission to operate turbines at the 10-year-old wind farm for 25 years ­- of which it still had 15 left to run. But it has since applied for vary conditions to enable the wind farm to operate for up to 50 years – extending its operational life to 2063.

Highland Council planners recommend this be granted when the north planning applications committee meets today.

In their report, council officers reveal that the application has received no objections – either within the community, from local councils or statutory bodies like NatureScot.

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