A wind farm that has been rejected twice before over fears of it developing “a wind farm landscape” in the Scottish Borders has been backed by council planners. Scottish Borders Council’s (SBC) chief planning officer recommended approval for the development, which will be considered at next week’s planning committee. The proposal involves eight turbines reaching 150m at Wull Muir near Heriot.
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SBC’s landscape architect also submitted a report stating that the developer has failed to address the planning reporter’s concerns and warned there is a danger of turning the surrounding Lammermuirs and the Moorfoot escarpment, a much-valued natural amenity, into a “wind farm landscape”. In her report, she said: “The introduction of a wind farm along this sect.
