A bid for a new Berwickshire windfarm amounts to ‘cultural vandalism’ against three Iron Age hillforts, councillors have determined.
Members of the council’s Planning and Building Standards Committee have agreed to formally object to the Energy Consents Unit over a plan for a windfarm at Longcroft Farmhouse in Oxton comprising 12 turbines with maximum tip heights of 220m, in addition to a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with a capacity for 50 MW.
Councillors received a report from council planning officers which stated that the development would pose “significant adverse effects” on the setting of Addinston, Longcroft and Glenburnie hillforts. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/26157277.berwickshire-windfarm-bid-opposed-cultural-vandalism-concerns/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSLc_dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe2Q439erHfB6cBEP0P5slkzRfvhV0_rs6_MBc60k3L7rRbuBpzV3MW–i-_g_aem_Go_nYXLbG9vKeeue2bJQpQ
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