Council drops wind farm opposition after nine years
Scottish Borders Council has decided not to object to a wind farm it first opposed nine years agoA report said changes to national planning guidance meant the benefits outweighed the negatives of the schemeA council has dropped its opposition to a wind farm in southern Scotland after almost a decade.
However, work on the scheme - which was subsequently approved by the Scottish government - has never started. Two years later Scottish Borders Council decided to object as well due to concerns over landscape impact.The scheme would see 12 turbines built at Cloich Forest near EddlestonOne condition of the approval was that work had to start within five years - which was extended to six due to the Covid pandemic - but that has now lapsed.Concerns remain about the "significant landscape and visual impacts" on the area.
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