Commenting on East Lothian Council’s response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the application for the Aikengall 2A wind farm - which was noted at today’s full Council meeting - Cllr Michael Veitch said after the meeting:
“It is a matter of enormous regret that an application for yet another large extension to an existing wind farm in the Lammermuirs is being sought.
“Aikengall 2A, which is the third phase of the Aikengall development, would consist of 27 additional turbines straddling East Lothian and the borders, adding yet more turbines to the increasingly vast Aikengall/Crystal Rigg wind farm ‘zone’.
“I am therefore very pleased that East Lothian Council has objected to this application on the grounds of adverse landscape and visual impacts. Scottish Borders Council also objected.
“I would therefore urge the Scottish Government to heed this advice – which I am convinced in line with the views of local people - and to reject the application for Aikengall 2A.”