A free range egg company’ has won its fight to reduce carbon emissionswith its own wind turbine despite concerns it would be too big.
[East Lothian ](https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/all-about/east-lothian)Eggs Limited applied to build a 67-metre high turbine to allow it to produce enough green energy to heat its sheds and operate its business at Howden Farm, near Gifford, in the county.
Their application was recommended for refusal by council planning officers who said the total height of the turbine was 20 metres higher than their limit for the area and the Ministry of Defence had said it would need infra red lights on its highest points, if approved as it is in a low flying zone for military manoeuvres.
However a meeting of East Lothian Council’s planning committee this week heard arguments that the policy setiing the maximum height was out-dated and claims modern turbines were bigger. https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/east-lothian-egg-farm-wins-31941154?fbclid=IwY2xjawLKixVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpiSYrNFJX2EJdOU4s7B2Ra_r401UkpXgHAdwVCwaT3-w97jTvS7V77-O5RN_aem_LExuL-Gfzs38zAkDuomWQQ
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