A PLAN to install “huge” 200-metre-high wind turbines in the Lammermuir Hills has been opposed by East Lothian Council, as councillors claimed that the county had already taken more than its fair share of energy projects.
Belltown Power UK Wind Limited is the latest company to bring forward proposals for a wind farm in the county hills, but while its plans split opinion in the surrounding communities, they failed to win support from the council.
At a meeting of the local authority’s planning committee on Tuesday, Councillor Norman Hampshire, council leader, said that residents believed enough was enough when it came to doing their part to tackle climate change.
He told representatives of the power company: “You can’t have the whole of East Lothian covered in wind turbines.”
His comments came after the company told the meeting that all potential green energy sites had to be developed and the plans for Newlands Hill, where 17 giant wind turbines are proposed, were a “concession” that would have to be made to deal with the crisis. https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/24568558.council-objects-plans-wind-farm-lammermuir-hills/
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