Auldgirth turbine appeal lodged too late
Credit: BBC News | 30 August 2016 | www.bbc.co.uk ~~
An attempt to overturn the rejection of a wind farm has failed – because the appeal was lodged too late.
Dumfries and Galloway Council turned down the five-turbine Blackwood project east of Auldgirth in May this year.
An appeal was lodged by Force 9 Energy Partners and EDF Energy Renewables against that decision.
They argued the council’s approach had been “unbalanced” but the Scottish government said the appeal was out of time and could not be considered.
The developers claimed that “limited environmental issues” had been given a “disproportionate weight” in the local authority’s assessment of the project.
However, the Scottish government said it had “no scope to accept or consider” their appeal.
It said it had been submitted after a three-month deadline from the original decision had passed.
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
| Wind Watch relies entirely on User Funding |
 |
 |
Share:
[ Short URL: https://wind-watch.org/news/?p=79180 ]
