Perth and Kinross Council’s Planning and Placemaking Committee has unanimously chosen to object to the Glentarken Wind Farm proposal.

The plan, put before councillors on Wednesday, was for SSE Renewables to erect up to 12 wind turbines, similar in height to The Gherkin in London.

Convener Ian Massie tabled a motion to object on the grounds of the “significant and irreversible harm” it would do to the nationally and locally important landscape.

The proposed development site sits within the Drummond Estate, between St Fillans in Perthshire and Lochearnhead in Stirling Council area. The turbines would be within Perth and Kinross, while the site entrance and part of the access track would be within the Stirling area.

The application was submitted to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consent

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