THE Scottish Conservative Party should be applauded for calling for the implementation of a 2km exclusion zone between wind farms and settlements ("Call for ban on building wind farms near homes", The Herald, January 28).
THE Scottish Conservative Party should be applauded for calling for the implementation of a 2km exclusion zone between wind farms and settlements (\"Call for ban on building wind farms near homes\", The Herald, January 28).
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However, to suggest that a single dwelling could not claim the same protection is worrying.
The limit which is already included in planning guidance, albeit ignored, clearly states the principle applies to houses within and outwith 2km of the proposed development regardless of whether they are single dwellings or part of a settlement and that is as it should be. Those living in outlying properties have a right to the same level of protection of their amenity as those living on the edge of cities, towns and villages.
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Single dwellings and wind farms
THE Scottish Conservative Party should be applauded for calling for the implementation of a 2km exclusion zone between wind farms and settlements ("Call for ban on building wind farms near homes", The Herald, January 28).
However, to suggest that a single dwelling could not claim the same protection is worrying.
The limit which is already included in planning guidance, albeit ignored, clearly states the principle applies to houses within and outwith 2km of the proposed development regardless of whether they are single dwellings or part of a settlement and that is as it should be. Those living in outlying properties have a right to the same level of protection of their amenity as those living on the edge of cities, towns and villages.
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