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Current Campaign:
2 km turbine separation distance from homes
This website aims to help individuals
and groups concerned about industrial wind turbines (those that are at
least 50m in height) throughout Aberdeenshire.
If there are turbine plans of concern
in your area, please let us know and we shall add them to the site.
June 2010: There are
currently 300+ industrial turbines erected or at various stages of planning
throughout Aberdeenshire. The map below shows those listed with Aberdeenshire
Council Planning Department. The locations are taken from planning applications
which are available to view on Aberdeenshire
Council's website.
Some of the proposed turbines are appropriately-sited
a suitable distance from nearby homes. Unfortunately, some of the proposed
turbines are inappropriately-sited too close to homes, in contravention
of Aberdeenshire and Scottish Planning policies.
One developing agent recently described
Aberdeenshire Council's attitude to wind turbine plans as 'more
relaxed' than other local authorities in
Scotland. Not only does this cause concern to many Aberdeenshire residents,
we believe it is damaging to the reputation of Aberdeenshire Council Planning
Department and to the wind energy industry – many people believe
that some parties involved in the wind energy industry are submitting
inappropriately-sited turbine plans in order to make a profit at the expense
of nearby residents.
CAWT's current campaign is for a mandatory
minimum separation distance of 2km, as specified in Scottish
Planning Policy (February 2010 – click
here to read – see paragraph 190) between industrial
wind turbines and homes. If the wind energy industry is unwilling or unable
to self-regulate in this matter, we ask that local authorities and/or
Scottish Government implement appropriate legislation to protect the amenity
of residents.
The map below shows every known wind
turbine application in Aberdeenshire. Click
here to load the full-sized map.
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