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Ayrshire windfarm would be ‘a rape of the landscape’ says councillor

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A proposed Ayrshire windfarm has been described as a ‘rape of the landscape’, an act of ‘environmental vandalism’, and ‘a disaster for the local community’, should it get the go ahead.South Ayrshire Councillors were forthright as they spoke of their strongly worded opposition to a plan to build fourteen 200m high turbines near Barr.The council’s Regulatory Panel discussed a formal objection to a Scottish Government consultation on the plans, based on the impact on the landscape, the dark sky park, road infrastructure and the cutting off of a local farm’s water supply.Councillors were unanimous in their objections to the plan.SNP councillor Craig Mackay said: “The height of these turbines is progressively increasing.

The proposals are much bigger than we were seeing five years ago.“I am very much a supporter renewable energy, but I feel we are reaching saturation point.”Councillor Alec Clark said the local community was extremely concerned by the plans.He said: “It would be an environmental disaster and would be a disaster to the community.

These are 200m high turbines compared to the usual 100m-130m so that is a huge increase.”He also criticised the application for the use of the U25 and U27.Councillor Clark added: “These are roads that are already impassable and they want to use these for heavy goods traffic.

There is already concern at a lack of passing places.”“One of the most visually pleasing areas in whole of Ayrshire is going to be destroyed.”Councillor Brian McGinley said: “We need to find sympathetic ways to generate electricity but this is not sustainable.

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