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Tweedsmuir: Scottish Borders Council objects to wind farm plan
Credit: 30th June 2025 · By Paul Kelly · peeblesshirenews.com ~~
Scottish Borders councillors in Monday, June 26, unanimously agreed to object to a new wind farm which would lead to turbines “towering over” villagers.
Oliver Forest Wind Farm is earmarked for land north of Menzion Farm at Tweedsmuir.
The application for the project, known as a Section 36 application, has been submitted to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit.
The proposal submitted consists of seven turbines up to 200m to blade tip height.
To maximise the use of green energy produced on site, the applicant has also included a potential location for a Battery Energy System (BESS) on site.
But members of SBC’s Planning & Buildings Standards Committee, who paid a visit to the site last week, agreed a recommendation to object to the application due to its “significant adverse landscape and visual impacts”.
Councillor Eric Small, Conservative for Tweeddale West, said: “I found the site visit very useful. When we were in Tweedsmuir village itself I think the impact this would have on that small community I just feel is not acceptable.
“They are surrounded by other wind farms and to put this on them as well I just feel that it is too much.”
It was a view echoed by SNP Tweeddale West councillor Viv Thomson, who added: “When we stood in Tweedsmuir we saw the picture what it could look like with the turbines there and they actually come into the village, they did not look remote.
“It looked like they would tower over the village.”
A report to the committee stated: “The merits of the application have been considered against relevant provisions of the development plan.
“The degree of demonstrable harm caused by significant and unacceptable adverse effects on the environment, conclude that while the socio-economic impacts and renewable energy contribution of this scheme are recognised to be positive, they are not considered sufficient to outweigh the significant adverse environmental impacts of the development.”
The ultimate decision on the wind farm rests with Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit.
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