Scottish Borders Council opposes 220m wind farm near three Iron Age hillforts
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Giancarlo Rinaldi, David Knox
Summary
Scottish Borders Council has formally opposed a proposed wind farm near Oxton, citing significant adverse effects on the setting of three Iron Age hillforts. The 220m-tall turbines would dominate key views integral to the cultural appreciation of these scheduled monuments. The council concluded that no exceptional circumstances or adequate mitigation measures were presented to justify the impacts. TagEnergy now owns the project, previously developed by RES.
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bskyScottish Borders Council opposes 220m wind farm near three Iron Age hillfortsbbc.co.ukKey quotes
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No exceptional circumstances had been shown to justify such impacts nor had any mitigation measures 'reduced the impacts to tolerable levels'
Scottish Borders Council is told it would be 'a scandal' to develop anywhere near the historic sites
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