Wind farm plan rejected by councillors

PLANS for an eight turbine wind farm have been rejected by councillors in the Scottish Borders.

Developers wanted to build the 110 yard high turbines near Romanno Bridge in Peeblesshire.

Stevenson Hill Wind Energy, on behalf of West Coast Energy, also applied to construct a new access road from the A701 Edinburgh to Moffat road.

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The application drew 125 letters of objection and one of support.

They wanted to build the turbines along the ridges of the peaks of Green Knows, Hag Law and Wether Law.

At a meeting in Newtown St Boswells members of the Scottish Borders Council's planning applications committee raised concerns

about its visual impact on the landscape and

neighbouring communities.

Archaeologists had also claimed it would cause unacceptable harm to four scheduled monuments of national importance and an historic

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Wind farm plan rejected by councillors