Scottish Government rejects 432MW Scoop Hill Wind Farm in latest planning blow

Government rejects plans for huge wind turbines in Southern Uplands

The Scottish government has rejected plans for a large-scale wind farm in the Southern Uplands. CWP Energy wanted to build 60 turbines up to 250m (820ft) tall at Scoop Hill, a few miles south east of Moffat. Dumfries and Galloway Council objected to the scheme on the grounds of its visual and landscape impact. Now the Scottish government has concluded it is “not the right development in the right place” and refused permission for it to go ahead.…

Scottish Government rejects 432MW Scoop Hill Wind Farm in latest planning blow

The Scottish Government has refused consent for the proposed 432MW Scoop Hill Community Wind Farm in Dumfries and Galloway, ruling that its landscape and visual impacts outweigh its clean energy and economic benefits. The decision ends plans by CWP Energy (Community Windpower) to install 60 turbines up to 250 metres high a few miles south-east of Moffat, in what would have been one of Scotland’s largest onshore wind projects. The Scoop Hill sche…