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Appeal over Newburgh turbine refusal is rejected
The Earl of Dundee has failed in a renewed bid to erect two wind turbines on farmland near Newburgh.
He had appealed against an earlier decision to turn down two separate applications for 40m turbines at East Flisk Farm - but his appeal was thrown out by a Scottish Government reporter who considered that they would form a ‘conspicuous and alien intrusion' in the area.
July 18, 2012
in Fife Today
The Earl of Dundee has failed in a renewed bid to erect two wind turbines on farmland near Newburgh.
He had appealed against an earlier decision to turn down two separate applications for 40m turbines at East Flisk Farm - but his appeal was thrown out by a Scottish Government reporter who considered that they would form a ‘conspicuous and alien intrusion' in the area.
The north east Fife area committee had refused the Earl's applications on the basis that the turbines would have a detrimental visual impact on what is an area of great landscape value.
Reporter Richard Hickman agreed, saying in... [continue via Web link]
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